Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 126, Issue 23, Pages 9836-9842Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02337
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
- Canada Research Chairs program
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Research NS
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This paper presents an electrochemical SERS (EC-SERS) and computational study of the common herbicide atrazine. The study reveals that atrazine molecule shows a potential-dependent SERS signal with different adsorption orientations at the nanostructured silver surface. The findings pave the way for a rapid detection tool for atrazine monitoring in the environment.
This paper presents an electrochemical SERS (EC-SERS) and computational study of the common herbicide atrazine. Herein, we highlight that the atrazine molecule shows a clear potential-dependent SERS signal that manifests as two different adsorption orientations at the nanostructured silver surface. This finding is supported by computational work and indicates that the initial adsorption orientation is perpendicular to the surface with the C-Cl moiety pointed away from the surface, and upon stepping to negative applied voltages, the atrazine molecule rotates such that the C-Cl and isopropyl moieties are orientated more planar to the surface, while the molecule remains oriented perpendicular to the surface. To the best of our knowledge, this paper represents the first EC-SERS study of atrazine and paves the way for a rapid point-of-need detection tool for atrazine monitoring in the environment wherein an enhanced signal can be detected at negative applied voltages.
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