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ACS OMEGA
Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 10572-10588Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01561
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- American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) [51559-UNI10, 54780-UR10]
- M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust [2015117]
- WWU
- Research Corporation [21109]
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The synthesis of microgels with pH-tunable swelling leads to adjustable and pH-responsive substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active nano-particles (NPs). Sterically stabilized and cross-linked latexes were synthesized from random copolymers of styrene (S) and 2-vinylpyridine (2VP). The pH-dependent latex-to-microgel transition and swellability were tuned based on their hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic content established by the S/2VP ratio. The electrostatic loading of polystyrene/poly(2-vinylpyridine) microgels [PS(x)P2VP(y) (M)] with anions such as tetrachloroaurate (AuCl4-) and borate-capped Ag NPs was quantified. The PS(x)P2VP(y) (M) can load similar to 0.3 equiv of AuCl4- and the subsequent photoreduction results in Au NP-loaded PS(x)P2VP(y) (M) with NPs located throughout the structure. Loading PS(x)P2VP(y) (M) with borate-capped Ag NPs produces PS(x)P2VP(y) (M) with NPs located on the surface of the microgels, where the Ag content is set by S/2VP. The pH-responsive SERS activity is also reported for these Ag NP-loaded microgels. Analytical enhancement factors for dissolved crystal violet are high (i.e., 10(9) to 10(10)) and are set by S/2VP. The Ag NP-loaded microgels with similar to 80 wt % 2VP exhibited the most stable pH dependent response.
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