Although surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)substrates have achieved high sensitivity,it is still difficult to apply these SERS protocols to the on-site detection of real samples due to the SERS substrate being ...Although surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)substrates have achieved high sensitivity,it is still difficult to apply these SERS protocols to the on-site detection of real samples due to the SERS substrate being fabrication-complexed,unstable,reproducible,or unable to be applied in batch production.Here,a large-scale ordered two-dimensional array of Au nano-hemispheres was developed through electron beam vaporization of Au onto the easy-available commercialized anodic aluminum oxide(AAO)template with two-layer nanostructures of different diameters.The uniform Au nano-hemisphere is reliable for SERS detection of malachite green(MG)due to the relative standard deviation(RSD)of the SERS intensities at different locations less than 10%.With the optimized excitation wavelength,solvent effect and pH environment,the linear range of MG detection spans from 10^(-10) to 10^(-6) mol/L with a limit of detection(LOD)of 4×10^(-10) mol/L.The enhancement factor can reach 1.2×10^(6).After extraction with acetonitrile and dichloromethane,MG in the spiked tilapia was detected with satisfactory recovery.The results indicate that the Au nano-hemisphere array can be expected to greatly facilitate SERS practical applications in detecting harmful food additives and chemicals due to the advantages of chemical inertness,physical robustness,simple fabrication,controllability,large-area uniformity,and large-batch production.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272417)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFC1602802)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province,China(2020J01681)the Open Project of PCOSS,Xiamen University,China(201926).
文摘Although surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)substrates have achieved high sensitivity,it is still difficult to apply these SERS protocols to the on-site detection of real samples due to the SERS substrate being fabrication-complexed,unstable,reproducible,or unable to be applied in batch production.Here,a large-scale ordered two-dimensional array of Au nano-hemispheres was developed through electron beam vaporization of Au onto the easy-available commercialized anodic aluminum oxide(AAO)template with two-layer nanostructures of different diameters.The uniform Au nano-hemisphere is reliable for SERS detection of malachite green(MG)due to the relative standard deviation(RSD)of the SERS intensities at different locations less than 10%.With the optimized excitation wavelength,solvent effect and pH environment,the linear range of MG detection spans from 10^(-10) to 10^(-6) mol/L with a limit of detection(LOD)of 4×10^(-10) mol/L.The enhancement factor can reach 1.2×10^(6).After extraction with acetonitrile and dichloromethane,MG in the spiked tilapia was detected with satisfactory recovery.The results indicate that the Au nano-hemisphere array can be expected to greatly facilitate SERS practical applications in detecting harmful food additives and chemicals due to the advantages of chemical inertness,physical robustness,simple fabrication,controllability,large-area uniformity,and large-batch production.
