Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 2074-2083Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00248
Keywords
Colloidal nanoparticles; capillarity; two-dimensional monolayer; inverse transfer; optical detection; lab on a chip
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Funding
- C1 Gas Refinery Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea - Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning [2018M3D3A1A01055759]
- Mid-Career Researcher Support Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea - Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning [2016R1A2B3014157]
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea - Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning [2016R1A6A1A03012845]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2016R1A2B3014157, 2018M3D3A1A01055759] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Century-old Langmuir monolayer deposition still represents the most convenient approach to the production of monolayers of colloidal nanoparticles on solid substrates for practical biological and chemical-sensing applications. However, this approach simply yields arbitrarily shaped large monolayers on a flat surface and is strongly limited by substrate topography and interfacial energy. Here, we describe a generalized and facile method of rapidly producing uniform monolayers of various colloidal nanoparticles on arbitrary solid substrates by using an ordinary capillary tube. Our method is based on an interesting finding of inversion phenomenon of a nanoparticle-laden air-water interface by flowing through a capillary tube in a manner that prevents the particles from adhesion to the capillary sidewall, thereby presenting the nanoparticles face-first at the tube's opposite end for direct and one-step deposition onto a substrate. We show that our method not only allows the placement of a nanoparticle monolayer at target locations of solid substrates regardless of their surface geometry and adhesion but also enables the production of monolayers containing nanoparticles with different size, shape, surface charge, and composition. To explore the potential of our approach, we demonstrate the facile integration of gold nanoparticle monolayers into microfluidic devices for the real-time monitoring of molecular Raman signals under dynamic flow conditions. Moreover, we successfully extend the use of our method to developing on-demand Raman sensors that can be built directly on the surface of consumer products for practical chemical sensing and fingerprinting. Specifically, we achieve both the pinpoint deposition of gold nanoparticle monolayers and sensitive molecular detection from the deposited region on clothing fabric for the detection of illegal drug substances, a single grain of rice and an orange for pesticide monitoring, and a $100 bill as a potential anti-counterfeit measure, respectively. We believe that our method will provide unique opportunities to expand the utility of colloidal nanoparticles and to greatly improve the accessibility of nanoparticle-based sensing technologies.
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