Santos EB, Valsecchi C, Gonçalves JLS, Ávila LF, Menezes JW. Coupling Single-Drop Microextraction with SERS: A Demonstration Using p-MBA on Gold Nanohole Array Substrate.
SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019;
19:s19204394. [PMID:
31614470 PMCID:
PMC6832577 DOI:
10.3390/s19204394]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Single-drop microextraction (SDME) was coupled with surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) to provide sample extraction and pre-concentration for detection of analyte at low concentrations. A gold nanohole array substrate (AuNHAS), fabricated by interference lithography, was used as SERS substrate and para-mercaptobenzoic acid (p-MBA) was tested as a probe molecule, in the concentration range 10-8-10-4 mol L-1. With this approach, a limit of 10-7 mol L-1 was clearly detected. To improve the detection to lower p-MBA concentration, as 10-8 mol L-1, the SDME technique was applied. The p-MBA Raman signature was detected in two performed extractions and its new concentration was determined to be ~4.6 × 10-5 mol L-1. This work showed that coupling SDME with SERS allowed a rapid (5 min) and efficient pre-concentration (from 10-8 mol L-1 to 10-5 mol L-1), detection, and quantification of the analyte of interest, proving to be an interesting analytical tool for SERS applications.
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