Journal
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages 1026-1035Publisher
BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.11.87
Keywords
aptamer; Au nanoparticles; 17 beta estradiol (E2); plasmonics; sensor; surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS); TiO2 nanostructures
Funding
- Scottish Research Partnership In Engineering (SRPe) under PECRE Award 2017/18
- University of Glasgow (Graduate School Mobility Scholarship)
- FARB project of the Dept. of Energy, Politecnico di Milano
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We propose the use of gold nanoparticles grown on the surface of nanoporous TiO2 films as surface -enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors for the detection of 17 beta-estradiol. Gold deposition on top of a TiO2 surface leads to the formation of nanoparticles the plasmonic properties of which fulfil the requirements of a SERS sensor. The morphological and optical properties of the sur- face were investigated. Specifically, we demonstrate that the TiO2 background pressure during pulsed laser deposition and the annealing conditions offer control over the formation of Au nanoparticles with different sizes, shapes and distributions, yielding a versatile sensor. We have exploited the surface for the detection of 17 beta-estradiol, an emerging contaminant in environmental waters. We have found a limit of detection of 1 nM with a sensitivity allowing for a dynamic range of five orders of magnitude (up to 100 mu M).
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