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Ruyi Tang1, Xuemin Xia1, Xia Zhang1
1School of Materials Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China.
Abstract:
A novel Au NPs/GeO2 nanozymes are developed as Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrates with the promising prospect for detection ChI. Herein, it is discovered that both Au NPs and GeO2 nanozymes have peroxidase-like activity, catalyzing colorless 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to produce blue TMBox. Interestingly, compared with single Au NPs or GeO2 nanozymes, the Au NPs/GeO2 nanozymes show stronger peroxidase-like activity, and significantly ameliorated SERS signal of TMBox. The mentioned two enhancements are ascribed to a positive synergistic function of Au NPs/GeO2 nanozymes. Surprisingly, choline iodide (ChI) can inhibit the positive synergy in Au NPs/GeO2 nanozymes, and slow down the reaction of TMB-H2O2-Au NPs/GeO2 system. On this foundation, a new Au NPs/GeO2 SERS technique with high sensitivity, label-free detection method of choline iodide (ChI) is established, suggesting that Au NPs/GeO2 nanozymes have the potential application of water environment.
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