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Chen C, Zhang W, Duan P, Liu W, Shafi M, Hu X, Zhang C, Zhang C, Man B, Liu M. SERS enhancement induced by the Se vacancy defects in ultra-thin hybrid phase SnSe x nanosheets. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:37795-37814. [PMID: 36258361 DOI: 10.1364/oe.473965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Improving the photo-induced charge transfer (PICT) efficiency by adjusting the energy levels difference between adsorbed probe molecules and substrate materials is a key factor for boosting the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) based on the chemical mechanism (CM). Herein, a new route to improve the SERS activity of two-dimensional (2D) selenium and tin compounds (SnSex, 1 ≤ x ≤ 2) by the hybrid phase materials is researched. The physical properties and the energy band structure of SnSex were analyzed. The enhanced SERS activity of 2D SnSex can be attribute to the coupling of the PICT resonance caused by the defect energy levels induced by Se vacancy and the molecular resonance Raman scattering (RRS). This established a relationship between the physical properties and SERS activity of 2D layered materials. The resonance probe molecule, rhodamine (R6G), which is used to detect the SERS performance of SnSex nanosheets. The enhancement factor (EF) of R6G on the optimized SnSe1.35 nanosheets can be as high as 2.6 × 106, with a detection limit of 10-10 M. The SERS result of the environmental pollution, thiram, shows that the SnSex nanosheets have a practical application in trace SERS detection, without the participation of metal particles. These results demonstrate that, through hybrid phase materials, the SERS sensitivity of 2D layered nanomaterials can be improved. It provides a kind of foreground non-metal SERS substrate in monitoring or detecting and provide a deep insight into the chemical SERS mechanism based on 2D layered materials.
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Sun Q, Xu Y, Gao Z, Zhou H, Zhang Q, Xu R, Zhang C, Yao H, Liu M. High-Performance Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates Based on the ZnO/Ag Core-Satellite Nanostructures. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12081286. [PMID: 35457994 PMCID: PMC9027200 DOI: 10.3390/nano12081286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Recently, hierarchical hybrid structures based on the combination of semiconductor micro/nanostructures and noble metal nanoparticles have become a hot research topic in the area of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). In this work, two core-satellite nanostructures of metal oxide/metal nanoparticles were successfully introduced into SERS substrates, assembling monodispersed small silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on large polydispersed ZnO nanospheres (p-ZnO NSs) or monodispersed ZnO nanospheres (m-ZnO NSs) core. The p-ZnO NSs and m-ZnO NSs were synthesized by the pyrolysis method without any template. The Ag NPs were prepared by the thermal evaporation method without any annealing process. An ultralow limit of detection (LOD) of 1 × 10−13 M was achieved in the two core-satellite nanostructures with Rhodamine 6G (R6G) as the probe molecule. Compared with the silicon (Si)/Ag NPs substrate, the two core-satellite nanostructures of Si/p-ZnO NSs/Ag NPs and Si/m-ZnO NSs/Ag NPs substrates have higher enhancement factors (EF) of 2.6 × 108 and 2.5 × 108 for R6G as the probe molecule due to the enhanced electromagnetic field. The two core-satellite nanostructures have great application potential in the low-cost massive production of large-area SERS substrates due to their excellent SERS effect and simple preparation process without any template.
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- Qianqian Sun
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications in Universities of Shandong, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China; (Y.X.); (Z.G.); (H.Z.); (Q.Z.); (R.X.); (C.Z.)
- Correspondence: (Q.S.); (H.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications in Universities of Shandong, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China; (Y.X.); (Z.G.); (H.Z.); (Q.Z.); (R.X.); (C.Z.)
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications in Universities of Shandong, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China; (Y.X.); (Z.G.); (H.Z.); (Q.Z.); (R.X.); (C.Z.)
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications in Universities of Shandong, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China; (Y.X.); (Z.G.); (H.Z.); (Q.Z.); (R.X.); (C.Z.)
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications in Universities of Shandong, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China; (Y.X.); (Z.G.); (H.Z.); (Q.Z.); (R.X.); (C.Z.)
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications in Universities of Shandong, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China; (Y.X.); (Z.G.); (H.Z.); (Q.Z.); (R.X.); (C.Z.)
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications in Universities of Shandong, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China; (Y.X.); (Z.G.); (H.Z.); (Q.Z.); (R.X.); (C.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting in Henan Province, School of Energy Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China
- Correspondence: (Q.S.); (H.Y.); (M.L.)
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications in Universities of Shandong, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China; (Y.X.); (Z.G.); (H.Z.); (Q.Z.); (R.X.); (C.Z.)
- Correspondence: (Q.S.); (H.Y.); (M.L.)
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Liang A, Zhi S, Liu Q, Li C, Jiang Z. A New Covalent Organic Framework of Dicyandiamide-Benzaldehyde Nanocatalytic Amplification SERS/RRS Aptamer Assay for Ultratrace Oxytetracycline with the Nanogold Indicator Reaction of Polyethylene Glycol 600. BIOSENSORS 2021; 11:458. [PMID: 34821674 PMCID: PMC8616007 DOI: 10.3390/bios11110458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this paper, dicyandiamide (Dd) and p-benzaldehyde (Bd) were heated at 180 °C for 3 h to prepare a new type of stable covalent organic framework (COF) DdBd nanosol with high catalysis. It was characterized by molecular spectroscopy and electron microscopy. The study found that DdBd had a strong catalytic effect on the new indicator reaction of polyethylene glycol 600 (PEG600)-chloroauric acid to form gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). AuNPs have strong resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) activity, and in the presence of Victoria Blue B (VBB) molecular probes, they also have a strong surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect. Combined with a highly selective oxytetracycline (OTC) aptamer (Apt) reaction, new dual-mode scattering SERS/RRS methods were developed to quantitatively analyze ultratrace OTC. The linear range of RRS is 3.00 × 10-3 -6.00 × 10-2 nmol/L, the detection limit is 1.1 × 10-3 nmol/L, the linear range of SERS is 3.00 × 10-3-7.00 × 10-2 nmol/L, and the detection limit is 9.0 × 10-4 nmol/L. Using the SERS method to analyze OTC in soil samples, the relative standard deviation is 1.35-4.78%, and the recovery rate is 94.3-104.9%.
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- Aihui Liang
- Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541004, China; (A.L.); (S.Z.); (Q.L.); (C.L.)
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541004, China; (A.L.); (S.Z.); (Q.L.); (C.L.)
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541004, China; (A.L.); (S.Z.); (Q.L.); (C.L.)
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541004, China; (A.L.); (S.Z.); (Q.L.); (C.L.)
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541004, China; (A.L.); (S.Z.); (Q.L.); (C.L.)
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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Liu M. Growth of Nanostructured Silver Flowers by Metal-Mediated Catalysis for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Application. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:32655-32659. [PMID: 33376902 PMCID: PMC7758958 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Metallic flowers with nanoscale surface roughness can provide a platform for highly sensitive and reproductive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Here, we present a method to grow a nanostructured silver flower (NSF) at the apex of a plasmonic tip based on metal-mediated catalysis, where the NSF was rapidly generated in no more than 1 min. The NSF was used as the SERS substrate under linear polarization beam (LPB) excitation to achieve a 10-9 M detection sensitivity for the malachite green analyte. The reproducibility for SERS is examined to have been guaranteed by comparing Raman intensity enhanced by different NSFs. Compared with the LPB, the azimuthal vector beam (AVB) excitation can further improve the SERS activity of the NSF, which is consistent with the simulation result that the gap mode can be effectively generated between two adjacent Ag nanoparticles (NPs) and between the NPs and the Ag pyramids on the surface of the NSF under AVB illumination. This work makes it promising for plasmonic tip-mediated catalysis to be applied in nanofabrication, the products of which can be further exploited in nanostructure-based ultrasensitive detection.
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- Min Liu
- School
of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
- MOE
Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary
Conditions and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology,
School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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