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Cisilino AP, Di Monno CD, Tomba JP. Polymer chain transport investigated using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy: monitoring of diffusion kinetics on meso-structured plasmonic substrates. SOFT MATTER 2024; 20:7535-7545. [PMID: 39279506 DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00552j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/18/2024]
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We utilize the results of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-based interdiffusion experiments on meso-structured substrates to independently validate direct observations of plasmonic enhancements on these elements. The plasmonic enhancement function (PEF) is crucial for accurately determining interdiffusion coefficients using this newly proposed SERS-based methodology. The substrates feature a microscale inverted pyramid geometry, coated with nanoscale sputtered gold. Interdiffusion experiments involve the sequential deposition of polymer bilayers, with deuterated polystyrene (dPS) at the bottom and polystyrene (PS) on top, followed by annealing while periodically acquiring Raman spectra. The temporal evolution of the PS Raman signal reflects not only the interdiffusion process but also plasmonic effects, as the Raman scattering primarily arises from the substrate's plasmonic hotspots. High-resolution finite element (FE) diffusion simulations, combined with experimental SERS data, are used to infer the PEF of the substrate. The derived PEF is consistent with two hotspots located at the apex and vertices of the pyramidal cavity, extending along the edges and spreading into the molecular layer in direct contact with the substrate. This finding is tested against experiments conducted at various diffusion rates, showing excellent agreement. It corroborates recent observations by Steuwe et al. regarding the localization of hotspots on this specific substrate but contradicts other studies that attribute hotspots solely to the micron-scale geometry. This analysis establishes a solid foundation for reliably determining diffusion coefficients using this SERS-based methodology.
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- Adrián P Cisilino
- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), National Research Council (CONICET), University of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), National Research Council (CONICET), University of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), National Research Council (CONICET), University of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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Li B, Ding H, Wang Z, Liu Z, Cai X, Yang H. Research on the difference between patients with coronary heart disease and healthy controls by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 272:120997. [PMID: 35149484 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.120997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the primary causes of death globally. There are several diagnostic techniques for CHD at present, but they are invasive and with limited accuracy. In the work, measurement of human urine based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was proposed to diagnose CHD. Urine samples of 157 CHD patients and 63 healthy controls (HC) were investigated by SERS. Statistical analysis of the measured data was then performed. It was found that there were intensity differences in nine Raman peaks (1223/1243/1272/1463/1481/1516/1536/1541/1550 cm-1) between CHD and HC in their average SERS spectrum. Furthermore, principal component analysis (PCA)-linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was then utilized to establish a prediction model to classify CHD and HC. It revealed that the accuracy, specificity and sensitivity of the prediction model validated by leave-one-patient-out cross validation (LOPOCV) were 84.09%, 92.06% and 80.89%, respectively. Therefore, the proposed method can be employed as a non-invasive, rapid and accurate tool for CHD diagnosis in clinical application.
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- Bingyan Li
- School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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Detection of Explosives by SERS Platform Using Metal Nanogap Substrates. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21165567. [PMID: 34451009 PMCID: PMC8402271 DOI: 10.3390/s21165567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Detecting trace amounts of explosives to ensure personal safety is important, and this is possible by using laser-based spectroscopy techniques. We performed surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) using plasmonic nanogap substrates for the solution phase detection of some nitro-based compounds, taking advantage of the hot spot at the nanogap. An excitation wavelength of 785 nm with an incident power of as low as ≈0.1 mW was used to excite the nanogap substrates. Since both RDX and PETN cannot be dissolved in water, acetone was used as a solvent. TNT was dissolved in water as well as in hexane. The main SERS peaks of TNT, RDX, and PETN were clearly observed down to the order of picomolar concentration. The variations in SERS spectra observed from different explosives can be useful in distinguishing and identifying different nitro-based compounds. This result indicates that our nanogap substrates offer an effective approach for explosives identification.
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Guo Y, Girmatsion M, Li HW, Xie Y, Yao W, Qian H, Abraha B, Mahmud A. Rapid and ultrasensitive detection of food contaminants using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy-based methods. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2020; 61:3555-3568. [PMID: 32772549 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1803197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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With the globalization of food and its complicated networking system, a wide range of food contaminants is introduced into the food system which may happen accidentally, intentionally, or naturally. This situation has made food safety a critical global concern nowadays and urged the need for effective technologies capable of dealing with the detection of food contaminants as efficiently as possible. Hence, Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been taken as one of the primary choices for this case, due to its extremely high sensitivity, rapidity, and fingerprinting interpretation capabilities which account for its competency to detect a molecule up to a single level. Here in this paper, we present a comprehensive review of various SERS-based novel approaches applied for direct and indirect detection of single and multiple chemical and microbial contaminants in food, food products as well as water. The aim of this paper is to arouse the interest of researchers by addressing recent SERS-based, novel achievements and developments related to the investigation of hazardous chemical and microbial contaminants in edible foods and water. The target chemical and microbial contaminants are antibiotics, pesticides, food adulterants, Toxins, bacteria, and viruses. In this paper, different aspects of SERS-based reports have been addressed including synthesis and use of various forms of SERS nanostructures for the detection of a specific analyte, the coupling of SERS with other analytical tools such as chromatographic methods, combining analyte capture and recognition strategies such as molecularly imprinted polymers and aptasensor as well as using multivariate statistical analyses such as principal component analysis (PCA)to distinguish between results. In addition, we also report some strengths and limitations of SERS as well as future viewpoints concerning its application in food safety.
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- Yahui Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Department of Marine Food and Biotechnology, Massawa College of Marine Science and Technolgy, Massawa, Eritrea
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Department of Marine Food and Biotechnology, Massawa College of Marine Science and Technolgy, Massawa, Eritrea
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Department of Marine Food and Biotechnology, Massawa College of Marine Science and Technolgy, Massawa, Eritrea
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Abd El-Aal M, Seto T. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering and catalytic activity studies over nanostructured Au–Pd alloy films prepared by DC magnetron sputtering. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-020-04172-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Kowalska AA, Berus S, Szleszkowski Ł, Kamińska A, Kmiecik A, Ratajczak-Wielgomas K, Jurek T, Zadka Ł. Brain tumour homogenates analysed by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: Discrimination among healthy and cancer cells. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 231:117769. [PMID: 31787534 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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One of the biggest challenge for modern medicine is to make a discrimination among healthy and cancerous tissues. Therefore, nowadays big effort of scientist are devoted to find a new way for as fast as possible diagnosis with as much as possible accuracy in distinguishing healthy from cancerous tissues. That issues are probably the most important in the case of brain tumours, when the diagnosis time plays a great role. Herein we present the surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) together with the principal component analysis (PCA) used to identify the spectra of different brain specimens, healthy and tumour tissues homogenates. The presented analyses include three sets of brain tissues as control samples taken from healthy objects (one set consists of samples from four brain lobes and both hemispheres; eight samples) and the brain tumours from five patients (two Anaplastic Astrocytoma and three Glioblastoma samples). Results prove that tumour brain samples can be discriminated well from the healthy tissues by using only three main principal components, with 96% of accuracy. The largest influence onto the calculated separation is attributed to the spectral regions corresponding in SERS spectra to vibrations of the L-Tryptophan (1450, 1278 cm-1), protein (1300 cm-1), phenylalanine and Amide-I (1005, 1654 cm-1). Therefore, the presented method may open the way for the probable application as a very fast diagnosis tool alternative for conventionally used histopathology or even more as an intraoperative diagnostic tool during brain tumour surgery.
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- Aneta Aniela Kowalska
- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Forensic Medicine Unit, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, 50-386 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Histology and Embryology Division, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Chalubinskiego 6a, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Histology and Embryology Division, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Chalubinskiego 6a, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Forensic Medicine Unit, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, 50-386 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Human Morphology and Embryology, Histology and Embryology Division, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Chalubinskiego 6a, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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Yang W, Li Z, Lu Z, Yu J, Huo Y, Man B, Pan J, Si H, Jiang S, Zhang C. Graphene-Ag nanoparticles-cicada wings hybrid system for obvious SERS performance and DNA molecular detection. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:3000-3013. [PMID: 30732328 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.003000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In recent years, biomaterials have increasingly attracted attention on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) due to their well Raman performance while metal particles are combined with biological substrates. Therefore, we propose an environmentally friendly substrate based on silver-plated cicada wings with seamless graphene layer (Gr-AgNPs-C.w.), which can be prepared with a simple and inexpensive method. Compared with AgNPs-C.w., Gr-AgNPs-C.w. hybrids show better SERS performance with high sensitivity, good uniformity and good stability with R6G detection. The minimum detected concentration can reach 10-15 M, and the value of R2 can reach 0.996, respectively. Theoretical simulation demonstrates the situation of electromagnetic field through COMSOL software. In addition, due to the affinity of graphene for biomolecules, we can successfully detect the DNA biomolecules through a simple process. Therefore, this cheap and efficient natural SERS substrate has great potential for a considerable number of biochemical SERS applications and can broaden the way in which multiple SERS platforms derived from other natural materials are prepared.
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Niciński K, Witkowska E, Korsak D, Noworyta K, Trzcińska-Danielewicz J, Girstun A, Kamińska A. Photovoltaic cells as a highly efficient system for biomedical and electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis. RSC Adv 2019; 9:576-591. [PMID: 35517626 PMCID: PMC9059484 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08319c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been intensively used recently as a highly sensitive, non-destructive, chemical specific, and label-free technique for a variety of studies. Here, we present a novel SERS substrate for: (i) the standard ultra-trace analysis, (ii) detection of whole microorganisms, and (iii) spectroelectrochemical measurements. The integration of electrochemistry and SERS spectroscopy is a powerful approach for in situ investigation of the structural changes of adsorbed molecules, their redox properties, and for studying the intermediates of the reactions. We have developed a conductive SERS platform based on photovoltaic materials (PV) covered with a thin layer of silver, especially useful in electrochemical SERS analysis. These substrates named Ag/PV presented in this study combine crucial spectroscopic features such as high sensitivity, reproducibility, specificity, and chemical/physical stability. The designed substrates permit the label-free identification and differentiation of cancer cells (renal carcinoma) and pathogens (Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis). In addition, the developed SERS platform was adopted as the working electrode in an electrochemical SERS approach for p-aminothiophenol (p-ATP) studies. The capability to monitor in real-time the electrochemical changes spectro-electro-chemically has great potential for broadening the application of SERS.
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- K Niciński
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw Miecznikowa 1 02-096 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw Miecznikowa 1 02-096 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw Miecznikowa 1 02-096 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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Wang ZY, Li W, Gong Z, Sun PR, Zhou T, Cao XW. Detection of IL-8 in human serum using surface-enhanced Raman scattering coupled with highly-branched gold nanoparticles and gold nanocages. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj05353g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) based on the double antibody sandwich format was used for the determination of IL-8.
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- Zhen-yu Wang
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225001
- China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225009
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225001
- China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225001
- China
- Key Laboratory of Integrative Medicine in Geriatrics Control of Jiangsu Province, Medical College, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225001
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225001
- China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Medical College, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225001
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225001
- China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225001
- China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University
- Yangzhou 225009
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Szymborski T, Witkowska E, Niciński K, Majka Z, Krehlik T, Deskur T, Winkler K, Kamińska A. Steel Wire Mesh as a Thermally Resistant SERS Substrate. NANOMATERIALS 2018; 8:nano8090663. [PMID: 30149680 PMCID: PMC6163328 DOI: 10.3390/nano8090663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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In this paper, we present novel type of Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) platform, based on stainless steel wire mesh (SSWM) covered with thin silver layer. The stainless steel wire mesh, typically used in chemical engineering industry, is a cheap and versatile substrate for SERS platforms. SSWM consists of multiple steel wires with diameter of tens of micrometers, which gives periodical structure and high stiffness. Moreover, stainless steel provides great resistance towards organic and inorganic solvents and provides excellent heat dissipation. It is worth mentioning that continuous irradiation of the laser beam over the SERS substrate can be a source of significant increase in the local temperature of metallic nanostructures, which can lead to thermal degradation or fragmentation of the adsorbed analyte. Decomposition or fragmentation of the analysed sample usually causea a significant decrease in the intensity of recorded SERS bands, which either leads to false SERS responses or enables the analysis of spectral data. To our knowledge, we have developed for the first time the thermally resistant SERS platform. This type of SERS substrate, termed Ag/SSWM, exhibit high sensitivity (Enhancement Factor (EF) = 106) and reproducibility (Relative Standard Deviation (RSD) of 6.4%) towards detection of p-mercaptobenzoic acid (p-MBA). Besides, Ag/SSWM allows the specific detection and differentiation between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial species: Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis in label-free and reproducible manner. The unique properties of designed substrate overcome the limitations associated with photo- and thermal degradation of sensitive bacterial samples. Thus, a distinctive SERS analysis of all kinds of chemical and biological samples at high sensitivity and selectivity can be performed on the developed SERS-active substrate.
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- Tomasz Szymborski
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
- Soft Materials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
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Witkowska E, Jagielski T, Kamińska A. Genus- and species-level identification of dermatophyte fungi by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 192:285-290. [PMID: 29156315 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This paper demonstrates that surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) coupled with principal component analysis (PCA) can serve as a fast and reliable technique for detection and identification of dermatophyte fungi at both genus and species level. Dermatophyte infections are the most common mycotic diseases worldwide, affecting a quarter of the human population. Currently, there is no optimal method for detection and identification of fungal diseases, as each has certain limitations. Here, for the first time, we have achieved with a high accuracy, differentiation of dermatophytes representing three major genera, i.e. Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton. Two first principal components (PC), namely PC-1 and PC-2, gave together 97% of total variance. Additionally, species-level identification within the Trichophyton genus has been performed. PC-1 and PC-2, which are the most diagnostically significant, explain 98% of the variance in the data obtained from spectra of: Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton menatgrophytes, Trichophyton interdigitale and Trichophyton tonsurans. This study offers a new diagnostic approach for the identification of dermatophytes. Being fast, reliable and cost-effective, it has the potential to be incorporated in the clinical practice to improve diagnostics of medically important fungi.
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- Evelin Witkowska
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Applied Microbiology, I. Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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Gold-capped silicon for ultrasensitive SERS-biosensing: Towards human biofluids analysis. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zhu C, Wang X, Shi X, Yang F, Meng G, Xiong Q, Ke Y, Wang H, Lu Y, Wu N. Detection of Dithiocarbamate Pesticides with a Spongelike Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate Made of Reduced Graphene Oxide-Wrapped Silver Nanocubes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:39618-39625. [PMID: 29058868 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b13479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Dithiocarbamate (DTC) pesticides are widely used for fruits, vegetables, and mature crops to control fungal diseases. Their residues in food could pose a threat to human health. Therefore, a surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based (SERS-based) sensor is developed to detect DTC pesticides because SERS can provide the characteristic spectrum of pesticides and avoid the use of a molecular recognition probe in the sensor. For the acquisition of high sensitivity, good anti-interference ability, and robustness of the SERS sensor, a silver nanocube-reduced graphene oxide (AgNC-rGO) sponge is devised. In the AgNC-rGO sponge, the rGO sheets form a porous scaffold that physically holds the AgNCs, which create narrow gaps between the neighboring AgNCs, leading to the formation of "hot spots" for SERS-signal amplification. When DTC pesticides coexist with aromatic pesticides in a sample matrix, the AgNC-rGO sponge can selectively detect DTC pesticides because of the preferential adsorption of DTC pesticides on the Ag surface and aromatic pesticides on the rGO surface, which can effectively eliminate the interference of the SERS signals of aromatic pesticides, and facilitate the qualitative and quantitative analysis of DTC pesticides. The AgNC-rGO sponge shows great potential as a SERS substrate for selective detection of DTC pesticides.
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- Chuhong Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Institute of Technical Biology and Agriculture Engineering, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei 230031, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University , P.O. Box 6106, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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Kamińska A, Winkler K, Kowalska A, Witkowska E, Szymborski T, Janeczek A, Waluk J. SERS-based Immunoassay in a Microfluidic System for the Multiplexed Recognition of Interleukins from Blood Plasma: Towards Picogram Detection. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10656. [PMID: 28878312 PMCID: PMC5587571 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11152-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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SERS-active nanostructures incorporated into a microfluidic device have been developed for rapid and multiplex monitoring of selected Type 1 cytokine (interleukins: IL-6, IL-8, IL-18) levels in blood plasma. Multiple analyses have been performed by using nanoparticles, each coated with different Raman reporter molecules: 5,5′-dithio-bis(2-nitro-benzoic acid) (DTNB), fuchsin (FC), and p-mercatpobenzoic acid (p-MBA) and with specific antibodies. The multivariate statistical method, principal component analysis (PCA), was applied for segregation of three different antigen-antibody complexes encoded by three Raman reporters (FC, p-MBA, and DTNB) during simultaneous multiplexed detection approach. To the best of our knowledge, we have also presented, for the first time, a possibility for multiplexed quantification of three interleukins: IL-6, IL-8, and IL-18 in blood plasma samples using SERS technique. Our method improves the detection limit in comparison to standard ELISA methods. The low detection limits were estimated to be 2.3 pg·ml−1, 6.5 pg·ml−1, and 4.2 pg·ml−1 in a parallel approach, and 3.8 pg·ml−1, 7.5 pg·ml−1, and 5.2 pg·ml−1 in a simultaneous multiplexed method for IL-6, IL-8, and IL-18, respectively. This demonstrated the sensitivity and reproducibility desirable for analytical examinations.
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- Agnieszka Kamińska
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Science, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Dewajtis 5, 01-815, Warsaw, Poland
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Alsammarraie FK, Lin M. Using Standing Gold Nanorod Arrays as Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Substrates for Detection of Carbaryl Residues in Fruit Juice and Milk. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:666-674. [PMID: 28080039 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b04774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In recent years, there have been increasing concerns about pesticide residues in various foods. On the other hand, there is growing attention in utilizing novel nanomaterials as highly sensitive, low-cost, and reproducible substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) applications. The objective of this study was to develop a SERS method for the rapid detection of pesticides that were extracted from different types of food samples (fruit juice and milk). A new SERS substrate was prepared by assembling gold nanorods into standing arrays on a gold-coated silicon slide. The standing nanorod arrays were neatly arranged and were able to generate a strong electromagnetic field in SERS measurement. The as-prepared SERS substrate was utilized to detect carbaryl in acetonitrile/water solution, fruit juices (orange and grapefruit), and milk. The results show that the concentrations of carbaryl spiked in fruit juice and milk were linearly correlated with the concentrations predicted by the partial least-squares (PLS) models with r values of 0.91, 0.88, and 0.95 for orange juice, grapefruit juice, and milk, respectively. The SERS method was able to detect carbaryl that was extracted from fruit juice and milk samples at a 50 ppb level. The detection limits of carbaryl were 509, 617, and 391 ppb in orange juice, grapefruit juice, and milk, respectively. All detection limits are below the maximum residue limits that were set by the U.S. EPA. Moreover, satisfactory recoveries (82-97.5%) were accomplished for food samples using this method. These results demonstrate that SERS coupled with the standing gold nanorod array substrates is a rapid, reliable, sensitive, and reproducible method for the detection of pesticide residues in foods.
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- Fouad K Alsammarraie
- Food Science Program, Division of Food System & Bioengineering, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri 65211-5160, United States
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- Food Science Program, Division of Food System & Bioengineering, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri 65211-5160, United States
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Farrell ME, Strobbia P, Pellegrino PM, Cullum B. Surface regeneration and signal increase in surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates. APPLIED OPTICS 2017; 56:B198-B213. [PMID: 28157898 DOI: 10.1364/ao.56.00b198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Regenerated surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates allow users the ability to not only reuse sensing surfaces, but also tailor them to the sensing application needs (wavelength of the available laser, plasmon band matching). In this review, we discuss the development of SERS substrates for response to emerging threats and some of our collaborative efforts to improve on the use of commercially available substrate surfaces. Thus, we are able to extend the use of these substrates to broader Army needs (like emerging threat response).
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Witkowska E, Korsak D, Kowalska A, Księżopolska-Gocalska M, Niedziółka-Jönsson J, Roźniecka E, Michałowicz W, Albrycht P, Podrażka M, Hołyst R, Waluk J, Kamińska A. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy introduced into the International Standard Organization (ISO) regulations as an alternative method for detection and identification of pathogens in the food industry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 409:1555-1567. [PMID: 28004171 PMCID: PMC5306343 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-0090-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We show that surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) coupled with principal component analysis (PCA) can serve as a fast, reliable, and easy method for detection and identification of food-borne bacteria, namely Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, and Cronobacter spp., in different types of food matrices (salmon, eggs, powdered infant formula milk, mixed herbs, respectively). The main aim of this work was to introduce the SERS technique into three ISO (6579:2002; 11290-1:1996/A1:2004; 22964:2006) standard procedures required for detection of these bacteria in food. Our study demonstrates that the SERS technique is effective in distinguishing very closely related bacteria within a genus grown on solid and liquid media. The advantages of the proposed ISO-SERS method for bacteria identification include simplicity and reduced time of analysis, from almost 144 h required by standard methods to 48 h for the SERS-based approach. Additionally, PCA allows one to perform statistical classification of studied bacteria and to identify the spectrum of an unknown sample. Calculated first and second principal components (PC-1, PC-2) account for 96, 98, and 90% of total variance in the spectra and enable one to identify the Salmonella spp., L. monocytogenes, and Cronobacter spp., respectively. Moreover, the presented study demonstrates the excellent possibility for simultaneous detection of analyzed food-borne bacteria in one sample test (98% of PC-1 and PC-2) with a goal of splitting the data set into three separated clusters corresponding to the three studied bacteria species. The studies described in this paper suggest that SERS represents an alternative to standard microorganism diagnostic procedures. Graphical Abstract New approach of the SERS strategy for detection and identification of food-borne bacteria, namely S. enterica, L. monocytogenes, and C. sakazakii in selected food matrices.
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- Evelin Witkowska
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Science, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Dewajtis 5, 01-815, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.
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Sadegh N, Khadem H, Tavassoli SH. High Raman-to-fluorescence ratio of Rhodamine 6G excited with 532 nm laser wavelength using a closely packed, self-assembled monolayer of silver nanoparticles. APPLIED OPTICS 2016; 55:6125-6129. [PMID: 27505398 DOI: 10.1364/ao.55.006125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A highly efficient Raman-to-fluorescence ratio of Rhodamine 6G is obtained by means of 532 nm laser wavelength, which is in close proximity of the dye's absorption maximum. Closely packed, gap-filled self-assembled monolayers of silver nanoparticles were produced to observe the Raman signals of Rhodamine 6G. Two mechanisms contribute to detect the Raman signals of the fluorescent sample: surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and nanomaterial surface energy transfer (NSET). Self-assembled monolayers of silver nanoparticles with different coverage densities and also those filled with probe molecules were prepared through variations of the substrate's immersion time in a nanoparticle solution and drying the substrate, respectively. Examination of the effects of these two factors on the plasmonic response and SERS efficiency of the substrate revealed that in a gap-filled dense coverage, near-field interactions dominate, which remarkably increase the Raman-to-fluorescence ratio (RFR). To have a perfect dense coverage, the efficient immersion time was obtained at about 48 h. Drying the substrates also caused further enhancement in RFR through filling interparticle spaces with dye molecules and, accordingly, an increase in NSET efficiency.
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Fabrication of gold nanoparticle-coated paper and its use as a sensitive substrate for quantitative SERS analysis. Mikrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-016-1918-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kamińska A, Witkowska E, Kowalska A, Skoczyńska A, Gawryszewska I, Guziewicz E, Snigurenko D, Waluk J. Highly efficient SERS-based detection of cerebrospinal fluid neopterin as a diagnostic marker of bacterial infection. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:4319-27. [PMID: 27086021 PMCID: PMC4875960 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9535-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A highly efficient recognition unit based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was developed as a promising, fast, and sensitive tool for detection of meningococcal meningitis, which is an extremely serious and often fatal disease of the nervous system (an inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord). The results of this study confirmed that there were specific differences in SERS spectra between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples infected by Neisseria meningitidis and the normal CSF, suggesting a potential role for neopterin in meningococcal meningitis detection and screening applications. To estimate the best performance of neopterin as a marker of bacterial infection, principal component analysis (PCA) was performed in a selected region (640–720 cm−1) where the most prominent SERS peak at 695 cm−1 arising from neopterin was observed. The calculated specificity of 95 % and sensitivity of 98 % clearly indicate the effective diagnostic efficiency for differentiation between infected and control samples. Additionally, the limit of detection (LOD) of neopterin in CSF clinical samples was estimated. The level of neopterin was significantly higher in CSF samples infected by N. meningitidis (48 nmol/L), compared to the normal (control) group (4.3 nmol/L). Additionally, this work presents a new type of SERS-active nanostructure, based on polymer mats, that allows simultaneous filtration, immobilization, and enhancement of the Raman signal, enabling detection of spectra from single bacterial cells of N. meningitidis present in CSF samples. This provides a new possibility for fast and easy detection of bacteria in CSF and other clinical body fluids on a time scale of seconds. This method of detection produces consistent results faster and cheaper than traditional laboratory techniques, demonstrates the powerful potential of SERS for detection of disease, and shows the viability of future development in healthcare applications.
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- Agnieszka Kamińska
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Medicines Institute, Chełmska 30/34, 00-725, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Science, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Dewajtis 5, 01-815, Warsaw, Poland
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Renata J. Micro and nanocapsules as supports for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). PHYSICAL SCIENCES REVIEWS 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/psr-2015-0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Jastrząb Renata
- A. Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Umultowska 89b, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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Zhang Z, Yu Q, Li H, Mustapha A, Lin M. Standing Gold Nanorod Arrays as Reproducible SERS Substrates for Measurement of Pesticides in Apple Juice and Vegetables. J Food Sci 2015; 80:N450-8. [DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.12759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Zhong Zhang
- Food Science Program; Div. of Food Systems & Bioengineering; Univ. of Missouri; Columbia MO 6521-5160 U.S.A
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- Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Univ. of Missouri; Columbia MO 65211-5160 U.S.A
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- Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Univ. of Missouri; Columbia MO 65211-5160 U.S.A
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- Food Science Program; Div. of Food Systems & Bioengineering; Univ. of Missouri; Columbia MO 6521-5160 U.S.A
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- Food Science Program; Div. of Food Systems & Bioengineering; Univ. of Missouri; Columbia MO 6521-5160 U.S.A
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Kamińska A, Kowalska AA, Snigurenko D, Guziewicz E, Lewiński J, Waluk J. ZnO oxide films for ultrasensitive, rapid, and label-free detection of neopterin by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Analyst 2015; 140:5090-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an00717h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Efficient and low-cost surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates based on Au coated zinc oxide layers for the detection of neopterin were prepared.
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- Agnieszka Kamińska
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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Zhang Z, Zhang S, Lin M. DNA-embedded Au–Ag core–shell nanoparticles assembled on silicon slides as a reliable SERS substrate. Analyst 2014; 139:2207-13. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an02116e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Farrell ME, Holthoff EL, Pellegrino PM. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering detection of ammonium nitrate samples fabricated using drop-on-demand inkjet technology. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 68:287-296. [PMID: 24666945 DOI: 10.1366/13-07035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The United States Army and the first responder community are increasingly focusing efforts on energetic materials detection and identification. Main hazards encountered in theater include homemade explosives and improvised explosive devices, in part fabricated from simple components like ammonium nitrate (AN). In order to accurately detect and identify these unknowns (energetic or benign), fielded detection systems must be accurately trained using well-understood universal testing substrates. These training substrates must contain target species at known concentrations and recognized polymorphic phases. Ammonium nitrate is an explosive precursor material that demonstrates several different polymorphic phases dependent upon how the material is deposited onto testing substrates. In this paper, known concentrations of AN were uniformly deposited onto commercially available surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates using a drop-on-demand inkjet printing system. The phase changes observed after the deposition of AN under several solvent conditions are investigated. Characteristics of the collected SERS spectra of AN are discussed, and it is demonstrated that an understanding of the exact nature of the AN samples deposited will result in an increased ability to accurately and reliably "train" hazard detection systems.
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- Mikella E Farrell
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, RDRL-SEE-E, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD 20783 USA
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, RDRL-SEE-E, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD 20783 USA
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, RDRL-SEE-E, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD 20783 USA
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Analyses of enrofloxacin, furazolidone and malachite green in fish products with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Food Chem 2012; 135:845-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.04.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Raman spectroscopy is an analytical technique with vast applications in the homeland security and defense arenas. The Raman effect is defined by the inelastic interaction of the incident laser with the analyte molecule’s vibrational modes, which can be exploited to detect and identify chemicals in various environments and for the detection of hazards in the field, at checkpoints, or in a forensic laboratory with no contact with the substance. A major source of error that overwhelms the Raman signal is fluorescence caused by the background and the sample matrix. Novel methods are being developed to enhance the Raman signal’s sensitivity and to reduce the effects of fluorescence by altering how the hazard material interacts with its environment and the incident laser. Basic Raman techniques applicable to homeland security applications include conventional (off-resonance) Raman spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), resonance Raman spectroscopy, and spatially or temporally offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS and TORS). Additional emerging Raman techniques, including remote Raman detection, Raman imaging, and Heterodyne imaging, are being developed to further enhance the Raman signal, mitigate fluorescence effects, and monitor hazards at a distance for use in homeland security and defense applications.
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Meyer SA, Auguié B, Le Ru EC, Etchegoin PG. Combined SPR and SERS microscopy in the Kretschmann configuration. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:1000-7. [PMID: 22175443 DOI: 10.1021/jp2107507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A novel hybrid spectroscopic technique is proposed, combining surface plasmon resonance (SPR) with surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) microscopy. A standard Raman microscope is modified to accommodate the excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons (SPPs) on flat metallic surfaces in the Kretschmann configuration, while retaining the capabilities of Raman microscopy. The excitation of SPPs is performed as in standard SPR-microscopy; namely, a beam with TM-polarization traverses off-axis a high numerical aperture oil immersion objective, illuminating at an angle the metallic film from the (glass) substrate side. The same objective is used to collect the full Kretschmann cone containing the SERS emission on the substrate side. The angular dispersion of the plasmon resonance is measured in reflectivity for different coupling conditions and, simultaneously, SERS spectra are recorded from Nile Blue (NB) molecules adsorbed onto the surface. A trade-off is identified between the conditions of optimum coupling to SPPs and the spot size (which is related to the spatial resolution). This technique opens new horizons for SERS microscopy with uniform enhancement on flat surfaces.
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- Stefan A Meyer
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Wang H. Superfocusing effect in the chain of silver nanorods. APPLIED OPTICS 2011; 50:3513-3518. [PMID: 21743561 DOI: 10.1364/ao.50.003513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A chain of three silver nanorods with progressively decreasing sizes and separations is designed to focus the electric fields around the small nanorods. The optical properties of the chain of silver nanorods are investigated by the discrete dipole approximation method. The results show that, compared with the individual small nanorod and the chain of two nanorods, many enhanced electric fields are focused around the small nanorod of the chain of three nanorods due to the electric field couplings between adjacent nanorods. Therefore, the design of the chain of three nanorods provides a way to obtain stronger electric fields. In addition, how the structural parameters of the chain of three nanorods affect their optical properties is also studied.
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- Zhidong Zhang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, China
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering using silver nanocluster on anodic aluminum oxide template sensor toward protein detection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 56:235-40. [DOI: 10.1515/bmt.2011.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Dinish U, Yaw FC, Agarwal A, Olivo M. Development of highly reproducible nanogap SERS substrates: Comparative performance analysis and its application for glucose sensing. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 26:1987-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2010.08.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2010] [Revised: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Huang WE, Li M, Jarvis RM, Goodacre R, Banwart SA. Shining light on the microbial world the application of Raman microspectroscopy. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2010; 70:153-86. [PMID: 20359457 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(10)70005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Raman microspectroscopy is a noninvasive, label-free, and single-cell technology for biochemical analysis of individual mammalian cells, organelles, bacteria, viruses, and nanoparticles. Chemical information derived from a Raman spectrum provides comprehensive and intrinsic information (e.g., nucleic acids, protein, carbohydrates, and lipids) of single cells without the need of any external labeling. A Raman spectrum functions as a molecular "fingerprint" of single cells, which enables the differentiation of cell types, physiological states, nutrient condition, and variable phenotypes. Raman microspectroscopy combined with stable isotope probing, fluorescent in situ hybridization, and optical tweezers offers a culture-independent approach to study the functions and physiology of unculturable microorganisms in the ecosystem. Here, we review the application of Raman microspectroscopy to microbiology research with particular emphasis on single bacterial cells.
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- Wei E Huang
- Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Kroto Research Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Lin M, He L, Awika J, Yang L, Ledoux DR, Li H, Mustapha A. Detection of melamine in gluten, chicken feed, and processed foods using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and HPLC. J Food Sci 2009; 73:T129-34. [PMID: 19019134 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2008.00901.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Melamine, a nitrogen-rich chemical, was implicated in pet and human food recalls in 2007, which caused enormous economic losses to the food industry. In this study, melamine concentration in wheat gluten, chicken feed, and processed foods (that is, cake and noodle) was measured by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in combination with SERS-active substrates. SERS was able to rapidly detect 0.1% melamine in wheat gluten, 0.05% in chicken feed, 0.05% in cakes, and 0.07% in noodle, respectively. A partial least squares (PLS) model was established for the quantification of melamine in foods by SERS: R= 0.90, RMSEP = 0.33. In addition, SERS results were verified by HPLC analysis based on a simplified FDA method. Compared with HPLC, the SERS method is much faster and simpler, requires minimum sample preparation, but still yields satisfactory qualitative and quantitative results. These results demonstrate that it is an applicable approach to use SERS to screen foods, eliminate presumptive negative samples of melamine contamination from the sample population, and then verify presumptive positive samples using HPLC protocols. Combining these 2 methods could provide a more rapid and cost-effective way for monitoring melamine contamination in increasingly large numbers of imported foods and feed products.
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- M Lin
- Food Science Program, Div. of Food Systems & Bioengineering, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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He L, Kim NJ, Li H, Hu Z, Lin M. Use of a fractal-like gold nanostructure in surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy for detection of selected food contaminants. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 56:9843-9847. [PMID: 18828599 DOI: 10.1021/jf801969v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
The safety of imported seafood products because of the contamination of prohibited substances, including crystal violet (CV) and malachite green (MG), raised a great deal of concern in the United States. In this study, a fractal-like gold nanostructure was developed through a self-assembly process and the feasibility of using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) coupled with this nanostructure for detection of CV, MG, and their mixture (1:1) was explored. SERS was capable of characterizing and differentiating CV, MG, and their mixture on fractal-like gold nanostructures quickly and accurately. The enhancement factor of the gold nanostructures could reach an impressive level of approximately 4 x 10(7), and the lowest detectable concentration for the dye molecules was at approximately 0.2 ppb level. These results indicate that SERS coupled with fractal-like gold nanostructures holds a great potential as a rapid and ultra-sensitive method for detecting trace amounts of prohibited substances in contaminated food samples.
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- Lili He
- Food Science Program, Division of Food Systems and Bioengineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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Alexander TA. Development of Methodology Based on Commercialized SERS-Active Substrates for Rapid Discrimination of Poxviridae Virions. Anal Chem 2008; 80:2817-25. [DOI: 10.1021/ac702464w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Troy A. Alexander
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, Photonics Integration BranchRadiometric Sensor Development and Applications Team, AMSRD-ARL-SE-EE, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783
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Smith WE. Practical understanding and use of surface enhanced Raman scattering/surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering in chemical and biological analysis. Chem Soc Rev 2008; 37:955-64. [DOI: 10.1039/b708841h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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