Journal
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 19, Issue 27, Pages 8789-8796Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300815
Keywords
nanoparticles; sensors; silver; surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering; trinitrotoluene; UV; Vis spectroscopy
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB933700]
- National Instrumentation Program of China [2011YQ0301241001, 2011YQ0301241101]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21271136]
- Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, China [1308085QB27]
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Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) is not realized for most molecules of interest. Here, we developed a new SERRS platform for the fast and sensitive detection of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), a molecule with low Raman cross section. A cationic surfactant, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) was modified on the surface of silver sols (CP-capped Ag). CPC not only acts as the surface-seeking species to trap sulfite-sulfonated TNT, but also undergoes complexation with it, resulting in the presence of two charge-transfer bands at 467 and 530nm, respectively. This chromophore absorbs the visible light that matches with the incident laser and plasmon resonance of Ag sols by the use of a 532.06nm laser, and offered large resonance Raman enhancement. This SERRS platform evidenced a fast and accurate detection of TNT with a detection limit of 5x10-11M under a low laser power (200W) and a short integration time (3s). The CP-capped Ag also provides remarkable sensitivity and reliable repeatability. This study provides a facile and reliable method for TNT detection and a viable idea for the SERS detection of various non-resonant molecules.
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