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Shvalya V, Olenik J, Vengust D, Zavašnik J, Štrbac J, Modic M, Baranov O, Cvelbar U. Nanosculptured tungsten oxide: High-efficiency SERS sensor for explosives tracing. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 476:135171. [PMID: 39002481 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
Abstract
The accurate and rapid identification of explosives and their toxic by-products is an important aspect of safety protocols, forensic investigations and pollution studies. Herein, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is used to detect different explosive molecules using an improved substrate design by controllable oxidation of the tungsten surface and deposition of Au layers. The resulting furrow-like morphology formed at the intersection of the tungsten Wulff facets increases nanoroughness and improves the SERS response by over 300 % compared to the untreated surface. The substrate showed excellent reproducibility with a relative standard deviation of less than 15 % and a signal recovery of over 95 % after ultrafast Ar/O2 plasma cleanings. The detection limit for the "dried on a surface" measurement case was better than 10-8 M using the moving scanning regime and an acquisition time of 10 s, while for the "water droplets on a surface" scenario the LoD is 10-7, which is up to 2 orders of magnitude better than the UV-Vis spectroscopy method. The substrates were successfully used to classify the molecular fingerprints of HMX, Tetryl, TNB and TNT, demonstrating the efficiency of a sensor for label-free SERS screening in the practice of monitoring traces of explosives in the water medium.
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- Vasyl Shvalya
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; York Plasma Institute, School of Physics, Engineering & Technology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Plasma Laboratory, National Aerospace University, Kharkov, Ukraine.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Xu L, Chen M, Cui Q, Wang C, Zhang M, Zheng L, Li S, Zhang H, Liang G. Ultra-clean ternary Au/Ag/AgCl nanoclusters favoring cryogenic temperature-boosted broadband SERS ultrasensitive detection. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:26474-26495. [PMID: 37710508 DOI: 10.1364/oe.495426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Exploring multifunctional surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates with high sensitivity, broadband response property and reliable practicability should be required for ultrasensitive molecular detection in complex environments, which is heavily dependent on the photo-induced charge transfer (PICT) efficiency realized on the desirable nano-architectures. Herein, we introduce ultra-clean ternary Au/Ag/AgCl nanoclusters (NCs) with broadband resonance crossing the visible light to near-infrared region created by one step laser irradiation of mixed metal ion solution. Interestingly, the surface defects and interaction among these unique cluster-like ternary nanostructures would be further enhanced by thermal annealing treatment at 300°C, providing higher broadband SERS activities than the reference ternary nanoparticles under 457, 532, 633, 785, and 1064 nm wavelengths excitation. More importantly, the further promoted SERS activities of the resultant Au/Ag/AgCl NCs with achievable ∼5-fold enhancement than the initial one can be conventionally realized by simplistically declining the temperature from normal 20°C to cryogenic condition at about -196°C, due to the lower temperature-suppressed non-radiative recombination of lattice thermal phonons and photogenerated electrons. The cryogenic temperature-boosted SERS of the resultant Au/Ag/AgCl NCs enables the limit of detection (LOD) of folic acid (FA) biomolecules to be achieved as low as 10-12 M, which is obviously better than that of 10-9 M at room temperature condition. Overall, the smart Au/Ag/AgCl NCs-based broadband SERS sensor provides a new avenue for ultrasensitive biomolecular monitoring at cryogenic condition.
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Esmaeili Y, Mohammadi Z, Khavani M, Sanati A, Shariati L, Seyedhosseini Ghaheh H, Bidram E, Zarrabi A. Fluorescence anisotropy cytosensing of folate receptor positive tumor cells using 3D polyurethane-GO-foams modified with folic acid: molecular dynamics and in vitro studies. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 190:44. [PMID: 36602637 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05558-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Integrated polyurethane (PU)-based foams modified with PEGylated graphene oxide and folic acid (PU@GO-PEG-FA) were developed with the goal of capturing and detecting tumor cells with precision. The detection of the modified PU@GO-PEG surface through FA against folate receptor-overexpressed tumor cells is the basis for tumor cell capture. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were applied to study the strength of FA interactions with the folate receptor. Based on the obtained results, the folate receptor has intense interactions with FA, which leads to the reduction in the FA interactions with PEG, and so decreases the fluorescence intensity of the biosensor. The synergistic interactions offer the FA-modified foams a high efficiency for capturing the tumor cell. Using a turn-off fluorescence technique based on the complicated interaction of FA-folate receptor generated by target recognition, the enhanced capture tumor cells could be directly read out at excitation-emission wavelengths of 380-450 nm. The working range is between 1×10 2 to 2×10 4 cells mL -1 with a detection limit of 25 cells mL -1 and good reproducibility with relative standard deviation of 2.35%. Overall, findings demonstrate that the fluorescence-based biosensor has a significant advantage for early tumor cell diagnosis.
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- Yasaman Esmaeili
- Biosensor Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Biosensor Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Biosensor Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Biomaterials, Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
- Applied Physiology Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezarjerib Ave, 8174673461, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Biosensor Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
- Department of Biomaterials, Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istinye University, Istanbul, 34396, Turkey.
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Ibáñez D, Begoña González-García M, Busto J, Pérez-Junquera A, Hernández-Santos D, Fanjul-Bolado P. Development of a novel Raman cell for the easy handling of spectroelectrochemical measurements. Microchem J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2022.107614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Göksel Y, Dumont E, Slipets R, Rajendran ST, Sarikaya S, Thamdrup LHE, Schmiegelow K, Rindzevicius T, Zor K, Boisen A. Methotrexate Detection in Serum at Clinically Relevant Levels with Electrochemically Assisted SERS on a Benchtop, Custom Built Raman Spectrometer. ACS Sens 2022; 7:2358-2369. [PMID: 35848726 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c01022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is an essential clinical practice for optimizing drug dosing, thereby preventing adverse effects of drugs with a narrow therapeutic window, slow clearance, or high interperson pharmacokinetic variability. Monitoring methotrexate (MTX) during high-dose MTX (HD-MTX) therapy is necessary to avoid potentially fatal side effects caused by delayed elimination. Despite the efficacy of HD-MTX treatment, its clinical application in resource-limited settings is constrained due to the relatively high cost and time of analysis with conventional analysis methods. In this work, we developed (i) an electrochemically assisted surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) method for detecting MTX in human serum at a clinically relevant concentration range and (ii) a benchtop, Raman detection system with an integrated potentiostat, software, and data analysis unit that enables mapping of small areas of SERS substrates and quantitative SERS-based analysis. In the assay, by promoting electrostatic attraction between gold-coated nanopillar SERS substrates and MTX molecules in aqueous samples, a detection limit of 0.13 μM with a linear range of 0.43-2 μM was achieved in PBS. The implemented sample cleanup through gel filtration proved to be highly effective, resulting in a similar detection limit (0.55 μM) and linear range (1.81-5 μM) for both PBS and serum. The developed and optimized assay could also be used on the in-house built, Raman device. We showed that MTX detection can be carried out in less than 30 min with the Raman device, paving the way toward the TDM of MTX at the point-of-need and in resource-limited environments.
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- Yaman Göksel
- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark.,BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark.,BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark.,BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark.,BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark.,BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark.,BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark.,BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN), Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark.,BioInnovation Institute Foundation, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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Multiamperometric-SERS detection of melamine on gold screen-printed electrodes. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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