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Wang J, Zhang R, Ji X, Wang P, Ding C. SERS and fluorescence detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with specific capture-release mode based on multifunctional gold nanomaterials and dual-selective recognition. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1141:206-213. [PMID: 33248653 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Herein, a dual-selective recognition and multi-enhanced surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-fluorescence dual mode detection platform is designed for the detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). The gold nanoflowers (AuNFs) substrate was synthesized and the CTCs were captured on the surface area of AuNFs/ITO substrate by aptamers modified. At the same time, the novel nanoprobe was designed, anti-EpCAM (AE) and trigger DNA were modified onto the surface of gold nanostars (AuNSs) through a PEG linker. The novel nanoprobe identified CTCs through the specific recognition reaction between AE and the cell epithelial adhesion molecule of the CTCs. The dual-recognition cellular mechanism of the aptamers and AE improves selectivity. Then, the complementary sequence (CS) hybridize with aptamers to release the captured CTCs into the culture medium. The number of CTCs released was detected by SERS and fluorescence. The limit of SERS detection was 5 cells/mL with a linear relationship from 5 to 200 cells/mL. The limit of fluorescence detection was 10 cells/mL with a linear relationship from 10 to 200 cells/mL. Thus, the developed CTCs detection platform demonstrates promising applications for clinical diagnosis.
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- Jing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China
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- Qingdao Central Hospital, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China.
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Mehanna YA, Crick CR. Heat-Treated Micronized Polyethylene Powder for Efficient Oil/Water Separating Filters. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 13:E3160. [PMID: 32679887 PMCID: PMC7412253 DOI: 10.3390/ma13143160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The targeted separation of oil/water mixtures is a rapidly growing field of research, mainly due to contaminated water becoming an increasingly important environmental issue. Superhydrophobic materials are highly suited to this application; however, growing efforts are being devoted to developing applicable technologies within a range of research communities. The optimal technical solution is one that combines a high separation efficiency with a straightforward fabrication procedure at a low cost. In this report, micronized polyethylene powder has been utilized as a low-cost hydrophobic material to manufacture easy-to-fabricate filters. The effect of heating and solvent addition on the water repellence behaviour has been investigated, according to which the optimum fabrication conditions were determined. The filters show high water repellence (WCA = 154°) and efficient oil/water separation (~99%). The filters are designed to provide a readily achievable approach for the separation of oils (hydrophobic solvents) from water in a range of potential applications.
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- Yasmin A. Mehanna
- Materials Innovation Factory, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK;
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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Zhang L, Hao R, Zhang D, You H, Dai Y, Liu W, Fang J. Shape-Controlled Hierarchical Flowerlike Au Nanostructure Microarrays by Electrochemical Growth for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Application. Anal Chem 2020; 92:9838-9846. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Lingling Zhang
- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China
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- School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China
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- School of Microelectronics, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China
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Negahdary M, Heli H. An electrochemical peptide-based biosensor for the Alzheimer biomarker amyloid-β (1-42) using a microporous gold nanostructure. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:766. [PMID: 31713687 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3903-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is connected to aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and formation of insoluble plaques in the brain. Aβ level can be monitored as an AD early diagnosis route. In this study, an irregular shaped microporous gold nanostructure with a typical size of 150 × 250 nm was electrodeposited on a polycrystalline gold surface at 0 mV (vs. AgCl) using sodium alendronate. The nanostructure was then characterized by field-emission scanning electron microscopy. An electrochemical peptide-based biosensor was fabricated by immobilizing an Aβ(1-42)-binding peptide on the gold nanostructure. Binding of Aβ(1-42) by the peptide was followed electrochemically using ferro/ferricyanide as a redox probe. Differential pulse voltammograms in a potential range of 0-500 mV (vs. AgCl) with typical peak potentials at 224 mV are linear in the 3-7000 pg mL-1 Aβ(1-42) concentration range, with a 0.2 pg mL-1 detection limit. The biosensor is free of interferences and was applied to the quantitation of Aβ(1-42) in artificial cerebrospinal fluid and spiked serum samples. Graphical abstractSchematic presentation of an immobilized amyloid-β(1-42)-specific peptide on the surface of a microporous gold nanostructure to fabricate an electrochemical biosensor for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Aβ(1-42) capturing by the peptide led to repulsion of ferrocyanide/ferricyanide redox couple.
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- Masoud Negahdary
- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 7193635899, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 7193635899, Iran.
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Negahdary M, Heli H. An electrochemical troponin I peptisensor using a triangular icicle-like gold nanostructure. Biochem Eng J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2019.107326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Akhtartavan S, Karimi M, Sattarahmady N, Heli H. An electrochemical signal-on apta-cyto-sensor for quantitation of circulating human MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells by transduction of electro-deposited non-spherical nanoparticles of gold. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2019; 178:112948. [PMID: 31704128 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.112948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A highly simple, sensitive, specific and low-cost electrochemical apta-cyto-sensor for determination of circulating human MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells was fabricated. Non-spherical nanoparticles of gold were electro-deposited in the presence of ethosuximide as a shape directing and size controlling agent. The nanoparticles had dimensions ranging 50-150 nm, and covered the underlying surface with a roughness factor of 8.03. The Non-spherical nanoparticles were then employed as the apta-cyto-sensor transducer. A 83-mer DNA aptamer that is specific to capturing the cell surface proteins was immobilized on the transducer surface, and binding with the cells was followed using the ferro/ferricyanide redox marker. The aptamer was immobilized within ∼200 min on the transducer surface. The cells were quantified with an equation of regression of ΔIp(μA) = (1.028 ± 0.027) log (C (cell mL-1)) + (0.2199 ± 0.0944), a sensitivity of 1.028 μA (log (concentration / cell mL-1))-1 and a quantitation limit of 2 cell mL-1, in a concentration range of 5 to 2 × 106 cell mL-1. The apta-cyto-sensor selectivity was also evaluated toward AsPC-1, Calu-6, HeLa, MCF-7 and melanoma B16/F10 cell lines. The apta-cyto-sensor had a fabrication reproducibility of 4.2%, regeneration capability of 5.1%, a stability of 35 days, and a potential application for the detection of MDA-MB-231 cells in the spiked blood serum samples with a sensitivity of 0.8975 μA (log (concentration / cell mL-1))-1 and a quantitation limit of 5 cell mL-1, in a concentration range of 10 to 1 × 103 cell mL-1. The apta-cyto-sensor would be applicable for breast cancer diagnosis at early stage.
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- S Akhtartavan
- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Yang X, Guo W, Wang X, Liao M, Gao P, Ye J. Fabrication of highly ordered 2D metallic arrays with disc-in-hole binary nanostructures via a newly developed nanosphere lithography. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 28:474001. [PMID: 29098987 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa929e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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2D metallic arrays with binary nanostructures derived from a nanosphere lithography (NSL) method have been rarely reported. Here, we demonstrate a novel NSL strategy to fabricate highly ordered 2D gold arrays with disc-in-hole binary (DIHB) nanostructures in large scale by employing a sacrificing layer combined with a three-step lift-off process. The structural parameters of the resultant DIHB arrays, such as periodicity, hole diameter, disc diameter and thicknesses can be facilely controlled by tuning the nanospheres size, etching condition, deposition angle and duration, respectively. Due to the intimate interactions between two subcomponents, the DIHB arrays exhibit both an extraordinary high surface-enhanced Raman scattering enhancement factor up to 5 × 108 and a low sheet resistance down to 1.7 Ω/sq. Moreover, the DIHB array can also be used as a metal catalyzed chemical etching catalytic pattern to create vertically-aligned Si nano-tube arrays for anti-reflectance application. This strategy provides a universal route for synthesizing other diverse binary nanostructures with controlled morphology, and thus expands the applications of the NSL to prepare ordered nanostructures with multi-function.
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- Xi Yang
- Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, People's Republic of China
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Sattarahmady N, Rahi A, Heli H. A signal-on built in-marker electrochemical aptasensor for human prostate-specific antigen based on a hairbrush-like gold nanostructure. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11238. [PMID: 28894225 PMCID: PMC5593896 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11680-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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A green electrodeposition method was firstly employed for the synthesis of round hairbrush-like gold nanostructure in the presence of cadaverine as a size and shape directing additive. The nanostructure which comprised of arrays of nanospindles was then applied as a transducer to fabricate a signal-on built in-marker electrochemical aptasensor for the detection of human prostate-specific antigen (PSA). The aptasensor detected PSA with a linear concentration range of 0.125 to 128 ng mL-1 and a limit of detection of 50 pg mL-1. The aptasensor was then successfully applied to detect PSA in the blood serum samples of healthy and patient persons.
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- Naghmeh Sattarahmady
- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Moradi M, Sattarahmady N, Rahi A, Hatam GR, Sorkhabadi SMR, Heli H. A label-free, PCR-free and signal-on electrochemical DNA biosensor for Leishmania major based on gold nanoleaves. Talanta 2016; 161:48-53. [PMID: 27769435 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2016] [Revised: 08/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Detection of leishmaniasis is important in clinical diagnoses. In the present study, identification of Leishmania parasites was performed by a label-free, PCR-free and signal-on ultrasensitive electrochemical DNA biosensor. Gold nanoleaves were firstly electrodeposited by an electrodeposition method using spermidine as a shape directing agent. The biosensor was fabricated by immobilization of a Leishmania major specific DNA probe onto gold nanoleaves, and methylene blue was employed as a marker. Hybridization of the complementary single stranded DNA sequence with the biosensor under the selected conditions was then investigated. The biosensor could detect a synthetic DNA target in a range of 1.0×10-10 to 1.0×10-19molL-1 with a limit of detection of 1.8×10-20molL-1, and genomic DNA in a range of 0.5-20ngμL-1 with a limit of detection of 0.07ngμL-1. The biosensor could distinguish Leishmania major from a non-complementary-sequence oligonucleotide and the tropica species with a high selectivity. The biosensor was applicable to detect Leishmania major in patient samples.
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- M Moradi
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Basic Sciences in Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Rahi A, Sattarahmady N, Heli H. Label-free electrochemical aptasensing of the human prostate-specific antigen using gold nanospears. Talanta 2016; 156-157:218-224. [PMID: 27260456 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Revised: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Gold nanospears were electrodeposited with the assistance of arginine as a soft template and precise selection of experimental parameters. The nanospears were then employed as a transducer to immobilize an aptamer of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and fabrication of a label-free electrochemical aptasensor. The aptasensor was employed for the detection of PSA with a linear concentration range of 0.125-200ngmL(-1) and a limit of detection of 50pgmL(-1). The aptasensor was successfully applied to detect PSA in blood serum samples of healthy and patient persons.
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- A Rahi
- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Nanomedicine and Nanobiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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Wang J, Duan G, Liu G, Li Y, Chen Z, Xu L, Cai W. Detection of dimethyl methylphosphonate by thin water film confined surface-enhanced Raman scattering method. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2016; 303:94-100. [PMID: 26513568 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Revised: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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It is important and necessary to effectively detect the chemical warfare agents, such as highly toxic never agent sarin. However, based on the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect, detection of nerve agent simulant dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) which is weakly interacted with SERS-active substrate has been the most challenge for the routine SERS detection method. To overcome this challenge, we put forward a thin water film confined SERS strategy. Under the space-confinement of water film, Raman measurements are carried out in the water evaporation process. The subsequent water evaporation induces concentrating of the DMMP molecules, which are thus successfully restricted within the strong electromagnetic field enhanced area above the SERS substrates, leading to the enhancement of their Raman signals. This study provides a new way to achieve the efficient SERS-based detection of the target molecules weakly interacted with the metal substrates.
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- Jingjing Wang
- Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China
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- Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China.
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- Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China
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- Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China
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- The Third Department, Institute of Chemical Defence, Beijing 120205, PR China
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- East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering, Hefei 230088, PR China
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- Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China.
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Xu Z, Duan G, Zhang H, Wang Y, Xu L, Cai W. In situ synthesis of porous array films on a filament induced micro-gap electrode pair and their use as resistance-type gas sensors with enhanced performances. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:14264-71. [PMID: 26259917 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr02099a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Resistance-type metal-oxide semiconductor gas sensors with high sensitivity and low detection limit have been explored for practical applications. They require both sensing films with high sensitivity to target gases and an appropriate structure of the electrode-equipped substrate to support the sensing films, which is still challenging. In this paper, a new gas sensor of metal-oxide porous array films on a micro-gap electrode pair is designed and implemented by taking ZnO as a model material. First, a micro-gap electrode pair was constructed by sputtering deposition on a filament template, which was used as the sensor's supporting substrate. Then, the sensing film, made up of ZnO porous periodic arrays, was in situ synthesized onto the supporting substrate by a solution-dipping colloidal lithography strategy. The results demonstrated the validity of the strategy, and the as-designed sensor shows a small device-resistance, an enhanced sensing performance with high resolution and an ultralow detection limit. This work provides an alternative method to promote the practical application of resistance-type gas sensors.
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- Zongke Xu
- Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China.
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Bedford EE, Boujday S, Pradier CM, Gu FX. Nanostructured and spiky gold in biomolecule detection: improving binding efficiencies and enhancing optical signals. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra13544j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Nanostructured gold can improve the ability to detect biomolecules.
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- E. E. Bedford
- Sorbonne Universités
- UPMC University Paris 6
- UMR CNRS 7197
- Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface
- F75005 Paris
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- Sorbonne Universités
- UPMC University Paris 6
- UMR CNRS 7197
- Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface
- F75005 Paris
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- Sorbonne Universités
- UPMC University Paris 6
- UMR CNRS 7197
- Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface
- F75005 Paris
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Waterloo
- Waterloo
- Canada
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
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Yoo J, Lee SW. Preparation and Characterization of Silica-coated Gold Nanoflowers (AuNFs) with Raman Dye Encoding. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2014. [DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2014.35.9.2765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Shen C, Buck M. Nanoscale patterning of a self-assembled monolayer by modification of the molecule-substrate bond. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2014; 5:258-267. [PMID: 24778947 PMCID: PMC3999799 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.5.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The intercalation of Cu at the interface of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) and a Au(111)/mica substrate by underpotential deposition (UPD) is studied as a means of high resolution patterning. A SAM of 2-(4'-methylbiphenyl-4-yl)ethanethiol (BP2) prepared in a structural phase that renders the Au substrate completely passive against Cu-UPD, is patterned by modification with the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. The tip-induced defects act as nucleation sites for Cu-UPD. The lateral diffusion of the metal at the SAM-substrate interface and, thus, the pattern dimensions are controlled by the deposition time. Patterning down to the sub-20 nm range is demonstrated. The difference in strength between the S-Au and S-Cu bond is harnessed to develop the latent Cu-UPD image into a patterned binary SAM. Demonstrated by the exchange of BP2 by adamantanethiol (AdSH) this is accomplished by a sequence of reductive desorption of BP2 in Cu free areas followed by adsorption of AdSH. The appearance of Au adatom islands upon the thiol exchange suggests that the interfacial structures of BP2 and AdSH SAMs are different.
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- Cai Shen
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom
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Chen X, Jiang C, Yu S. Nanostructured materials for applications in surface-enhanced Raman scattering. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ce01383b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This highlight summarizes current advances in the design and the employment of nanostructured materials in SERS substrates especially from the dimensional point of view. We then talk about synthesis methods and the novel properties of these nanostructured materials with their potential applications in SERS.
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- Xiaochun Chen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction & Material Chemical Engineering
- Hefei, China
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- Institute of Intelligent Machines
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hefei, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction & Material Chemical Engineering
- Hefei, China
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