Abstract
We demonstrated a series of Ag microstructures with controlled morphologies directly deposited on a screen-printed carbon electrode by using electrochemical procedures in the presence of different electrolytes. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and high-resolution X-ray diffractometry were used for characterizing as-prepared Ag substrates. Thereafter, the potential of the flower-like Ag microstructures for use in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications was investigated. The flower-like Ag microstructures provided a more intense SERS signal because of extremely intense local electromagnetic fields. The enhancement factor value was approximately 1.2 × 106 for 4-mercaptobenzoic acid molecules. The percentage of relative standard deviation of SERS signals was lower than 2.1%. Determining the SERS spectra of 4,4′-dimercapto-azobenzene, 5,5′-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid, adenine, and single-stranded DNA (fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase gene) was straightforward. Furthermore, the thermal stability and aging behavior of the microstructures were improved. The present substrate fabrication process is facile and has excellent SERS-active properties and reproducibility and thus provides opportunities for quantitative analysis by using flower-like Ag microstructures.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 24865-24874 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry C |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue number | 44 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 Oct 15 |
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- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Energy(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
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Electrochemical Synthesis and Deposition of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering-Active Silver Microstructures on a Screen-Printed Carbon Electrode. / Lin, Yang Wei; Tang, Chung.
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T1 - Electrochemical Synthesis and Deposition of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering-Active Silver Microstructures on a Screen-Printed Carbon Electrode
AU - Lin, Yang Wei
AU - Tang, Chung
PY - 2015/10/15
Y1 - 2015/10/15
N2 - We demonstrated a series of Ag microstructures with controlled morphologies directly deposited on a screen-printed carbon electrode by using electrochemical procedures in the presence of different electrolytes. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and high-resolution X-ray diffractometry were used for characterizing as-prepared Ag substrates. Thereafter, the potential of the flower-like Ag microstructures for use in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications was investigated. The flower-like Ag microstructures provided a more intense SERS signal because of extremely intense local electromagnetic fields. The enhancement factor value was approximately 1.2 × 106 for 4-mercaptobenzoic acid molecules. The percentage of relative standard deviation of SERS signals was lower than 2.1%. Determining the SERS spectra of 4,4′-dimercapto-azobenzene, 5,5′-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid, adenine, and single-stranded DNA (fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase gene) was straightforward. Furthermore, the thermal stability and aging behavior of the microstructures were improved. The present substrate fabrication process is facile and has excellent SERS-active properties and reproducibility and thus provides opportunities for quantitative analysis by using flower-like Ag microstructures.
AB - We demonstrated a series of Ag microstructures with controlled morphologies directly deposited on a screen-printed carbon electrode by using electrochemical procedures in the presence of different electrolytes. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and high-resolution X-ray diffractometry were used for characterizing as-prepared Ag substrates. Thereafter, the potential of the flower-like Ag microstructures for use in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications was investigated. The flower-like Ag microstructures provided a more intense SERS signal because of extremely intense local electromagnetic fields. The enhancement factor value was approximately 1.2 × 106 for 4-mercaptobenzoic acid molecules. The percentage of relative standard deviation of SERS signals was lower than 2.1%. Determining the SERS spectra of 4,4′-dimercapto-azobenzene, 5,5′-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid, adenine, and single-stranded DNA (fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase gene) was straightforward. Furthermore, the thermal stability and aging behavior of the microstructures were improved. The present substrate fabrication process is facile and has excellent SERS-active properties and reproducibility and thus provides opportunities for quantitative analysis by using flower-like Ag microstructures.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08375
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08375
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JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
SN - 1932-7447
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