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Author Spotlight: Development and Application of SERS Flexible Substrates Using Synthesized AgNPs
Published on: November 17, 2023
Reusable 3D silver superposed silica SERS substrate based on the Griess reaction for the ratiometric detection of
Rongyuan Cai1, Dechan Lu1,2, Qiutian She1
1College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Oriented Chemical Engineer, Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Engineering Research Center of Industrial Biocatalysis, Fujian Province Higher Education Institutes, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, Fujian, China.
Abstract:
When nitrite is ingested and absorbed by the body, it can be converted into highly toxic nitrosamines (carcinogens, teratogens, and mutagens), posing health risks to the general population. Therefore, it calls for establishing a method for determination of nitrite. In this paper, the glass-SiO2-Ag surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate with a large number of "hot spots" were prepared by two kinds of silane coupling agents. The SERS substrate had high sensitivity and repeatability. Silicon dioxide supported the silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), which increased surface roughness of the substrate, generated a great quantity of hot spots and enhanced the SERS signal. In the SERS spectrum, the intensity ratio of the two characteristic peaks (1287 cm-1 and 1076 cm-1) had a good linear correlation with the logarithm of the concentration of nitrite, R2 = 0.9652. The recoveries of 50 μM and 100 μM nitrite in three kinds of foods, three kinds of cosmetics and tap water were 90.9-105.3%.
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