Journal
ANALYST
Volume 144, Issue 9, Pages 2929-2935Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9an00306a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21822402, 21675052, 21335003, 21575089]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Research Program of State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering
- Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to University [B18022]
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We synthesized a novel and sensitive Au/Ag bimetallic SERS-active nanotag, Au-Ag-Ag core-shell-shell nanorod (Au@AgAgNR). The Au@AgAgNR nanotag exhibited a strong SERS signal and was easily assembled from bilayer silver shells on an Au nanorod (AuNR) core with embedded Raman reporter molecules in the core-shell-shell gaps. The SERS activity of the nanotags was investigated with 2-mercaptopyridine (2-Mpy) as a Raman reporter, which could form pyridine/Ag+ coordination complexes to mediate the formation of silver shells. Specific enhancement of Raman signals was observed in the following order: AuNR < Au@AgNR < Au@AgAgNR. Then, Au@AgAgNR nanotags were coupled with magnetic beads (MBs) via specific DNA hybridization as a SERS sensor with a detection limit of 1 fM for a segment of the gene HPV-16. Factors affecting sensitivity and selectivity were investigated, including Raman dye concentration, silver nitrate dosage and the response to similar oligonucleotides. The proposed SERS sensor is expected to be a facile and sensitive method for specific gene detection.
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