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Zhong L, Chen G, Yang T, Gu J, Ma C, Li L, Wu Y, Zhu C, Gao H, Yang Z, Hu A, Xu J, Qiu X, Shen J, Huang A. Al 2O 3@Ag composite structure as SERS substrate for sensitive detection of sodium thiocyanate. ANAL SCI 2023; 39:557-564. [PMID: 36680670 DOI: 10.1007/s44211-023-00268-x] [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: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Sodium thiocyanate (NaSCN) can be added to fresh milk to enhance the sterilization ability of the lactoperoxidase system (LP system) in milk, extending shelf life. However, excessive intake of NaSCN can be harmful to human health because it can prevent absorption of iodine leading to disease. Also NaSCN can be used as a marker to distinguish smokers from non-smokers. In this work, we successfully synthesized meatball-like Al2O3@Ag composite structures as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates using a simple wet chemical method adapted to conventional laboratory conditions. The substrate exhibited strong SERS enhancement for NaSCN. Under the optimal experiment conditions, we obtained a detection limit of 0.28 μg L-1 and a quantification limit of 1 μg L-1, R2 = 0.992. Based on the analysis of the intensity of SERS characteristic peak, the substrate had good reproducibility and uniformity. In summary, the Al2O3@Ag composite structure achieved sensitive SERS detection of NaSCN. Combining the facile and low-cost methods, we believe that the SERS detection method developed in this work can be used as a potential candidate for biosensing applications in the future.
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- Lvyuan Zhong
- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China.
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China.
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- School of Internet of Things Engineering, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- School of Science, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Lihu Avenue 1800, Wuxi, 214122, China
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Avadaiappan A, Antony SJPS, Franci B, Mahalingam U, Ramasamy P, Conchalish H, Sath V. Environmental photochemistry with thiol- and silica-modified plasmonic nanocomposites: SERS sensing of municipal solid waste and tannery waste leachate from groundwater. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:90023-90033. [PMID: 35861900 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22058-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Mismanagement of obsolete solid waste generates a massive deteriorating effect on the environment. There is a high level of open trash disposal contaminating its neighboring water bodies. This despoliation trash causes an endangerment to the living environment. The waste management act is to hinder harmful effects on human beings, animals, plants, and their natural environment through the principles of waste prevention, waste processing, and waste disposal. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) enhances the hazardous chemical sensing of environmental pollutants. To vigorously focus on the leaching of a couple of landfills in groundwater and surface water, an unusual combination of SERS-based poly vinyl thiol and silica-modified silver nanocomposites (PVT/SiO2@Ag NCs) was synthesized. The optical, crystalline, and structural properties of PVT/SiO2@Ag NCs were described with UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is detected at 403 nm from the PVT/SiO2@Ag NPs. The average crystallite size of PVT/SiO2 @ Ag NCs is estimated using the Scherrer formula as 11 nm. The calculated specific surface area (SSA), strains, and dislocation densities demonstrate the improved mechanical properties of the substrate. The well-separated spherical shape of NPs is also observed, and the composition of silica and sulfur element in addition of Ag was confirmed by EDAX. Negatively charged SiO2 were bound strongly with the SH group and Ag NPs through electrostatic interaction mechanism as S-Ag-O-Si-O-Ag-S. SERS sensitivity is demonstrated by the prepared nanoparticles using an environmentally ignored leachate of municipal solid waste (MSW) and tannery waste (TW) landfill. PVT/SiO2@Ag NCs has detected the presence of innards of MSW leachate viz., aromatic hydrocarbon, phenols, phthalates, and pesticide from the groundwater. Furthermore, the TW leachate compositions of benzenes, hydrocarbons, amines, and chromium VI were analytically identified. Also, the leaching of TW leachate was confirmed in the water samples referred. Hence, this study provides a novel SERS sensor of PVT/SiO2@Ag NCs in the tile to detect and analyze environmentally ignored organic and inorganic compounds.
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- Aarthi Avadaiappan
- Department of Physics, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, 624102, India
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- Department of Physics, Sree Devi Kumari Women's College, Kuzhithurai, 629163, India
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- Department of Physics, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, 624102, India.
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- UGC - DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore, India
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Aarthi A, Bindhu MR, Umadevi M, Parimaladevi R, Sathe GV, Al-Mohaimeed AM, Elshikh MS, Balasubramanian B. Evaluating the detection efficacy of advanced bimetallic plasmonic nanoparticles for heavy metals, hazardous materials and pesticides of leachate in contaminated groundwater. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 201:111590. [PMID: 34181923 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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During the decomposition of trashes, leachate is created and leaching is gradually pollutes the surface and groundwater. Thus, the most severe ecological impact is the risk of ground water pollution because of collection of leachate from unlined insecure landfills. Due to the low biodegradable organic strength, irregular productivity and composition, the environmentally neglected landfill leachate treatment is challenging. This work was conducted on a synthetically effective bimetallic surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) nanosensor by gold/silver-bimetallic nanoparticles (Au/Ag-NPs), and used for the specific detection of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill leachate in groundwater. The optical study of Au/Ag-NPs led to reflections from Ag cores and small Au shells. The structural studies represent the FCC structure of Au/Ag-NPs. The core-shell nanocrevice NPs with particle size of 23 nm played an important role with plasmonic behaviour enhances the electromagnetic excitation to achieve SERS detection and plasmonic photocatalysis. Thus, obtained results clearly show that Au was successfully added to Ag-NPs, and its existence can also be confirmed by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDAX). The prepared SERS based sensors have the potential to detect aromatic hydrocarbon, pesticides and heavy metals from environmentally ignored MSW landfill leachate. In general, the application of this new synergetic strategy of the photocatalytic degradation of leachate was irradiated by visible wavelength with the rate constant of 0.0036/min, 0.0047/min and 0.005/min by Ag-NPs, Au-NPs and Au/Ag-NPs respectively. Overall, this is the only study achieved efficiently with photocatalytic degradation and SERS detection of environmentally ignored real sample (leachate) to make pollutant free homeland aquifers.
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- A Aarthi
- Department of Physics, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, 624102, India
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- Department of Physics, Sree Devi Kumari Women's College, Kuzhithurai, 629163, India
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- Department of Physics, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, 624102, India.
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- Department of Physics, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, 624102, India
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- UGC - DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore, India
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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Wang C, Zeng T, Gu C, Zhu S, Zhang Q, Luo X. Photodegradation Pathways of Typical Phthalic Acid Esters Under UV, UV/TiO 2, and UV-Vis/Bi 2WO 6 Systems. Front Chem 2019; 7:852. [PMID: 31921775 PMCID: PMC6923729 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Photolysis and photocatalysis of typical phthalic acid esters (dimethyl phthalate, DMP; diethyl phthalate, DEP; dibutyl phthalate, DBP) were carried out in UV, UV/TiO2, and UV-Vis/Bi2WO6 systems. All of the selected phthalic acid esters and their decomposition byproducts were subjected to qualitative and quantitative analysis through HPLC and GC-MS. The results of 300 min of photolysis and photodegradation reaction were that each system demonstrated different abilities to remove DMP, DEP, and DBP. The UV/TiO2 system showed the strongest degradation ability on selected PAEs, with removal efficiencies of up to 93.03, 92.64, and 92.50% for DMP, DEP, and DBP in 90 min, respectively. UV-Vis/Bi2WO6 had almost no ability to remove DMP and DEP. However, all of the systems had strong ability to degrade DBP. On the other hand, the different systems resulted in various byproducts and PAE degradation pathways. The UV system mainly attacked the carbon branch and produced o-hydroxybenzoates. No ring-opening byproducts were detected in the UV system. In the photocatalytic process, the hydroxyl radicals produced not only attacked the carbon branch but also the benzene ring. Therefore, hydroxylated compounds and ring-opening byproducts were detected by GC-MS in both the UV/TiO2 and UV-Vis/Bi2WO6 photocatalytic systems. However, there were fewer products due to direct hole oxidation in the UV-Vis/Bi2WO6 system compared with the UV/TiO2 system, which mainly reacted with the pollutants via hydroxyl radicals.
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- Chunying Wang
- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China
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- College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China
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