Unveiling localized electronic properties of ReS2 thin layers at nanoscale using Kelvin force probe microscopy combined with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Electronic properties of two-dimensional(2D) materials can be strongly modulated by localized strain. The typical spatial resolution of conventional Kelvin probe force microscopy(KPFM) is usually limited in a few hundreds of nanometers, and it is difficult to characterize localized electronic properties of 2D materials at nanoscales. Herein, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(TERS) is proposed to combine with KPFM to break this restriction. TERS scan is conducted on ReS2bubbles deposited on a rough Au thin film to obtain strain distribution by using the Raman peak shift. The localized contact potential difference(CPD) is inversely calculated with a higher spatial resolution by using strain measured by TERS and CPD-strain working curve obtained using conventional KPFM and atomic force microscopy. This method enhances the spatial resolution of CPD measurements and can be potentially used to characterize localized electronic properties of 2D materials.

Sensitive and Label-Free Detection of Protein Secondary Structure by Amide Ⅲ Spectral Signals using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Proteins and peptides perform a vital role in living systems, however it remains a challenge for accurate description of proteins at the molecular level. Despite that surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) can provide the intrinsic fingerprint information of samples with ultrahigh sensitivity, it suffers from the poor reproducibility and reliability. Herein, we demonstrate that the silver nanorod array fabricated by an oblique angle deposition method is a powerful substrate for SERS to probe the protein secondary structures without exogenous labels. With this method, the SERS signals of two typical proteins (lysozyme and cytochrome c) are successfully obtained. Additionally, by analyzing the spectral signals of the amide Ⅲ of protein backbone, the influence of concentration on the folding status of proteins has been elucidated. With the concentration increasing, the components of α-helix and β-sheet structures of lysozyme increase while the secondary structures of cytochrome c almost keep constant. The SERS method in this work offers an effective optical marker to characterize the structures of proteins.

Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering spectroscopy of single R6G molecules

Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering （SERRS） of Rhodamine 6G （R6G） adsorbed on colloidal silver clusters has been studied. Based on the great enhancement of the Raman signal and the quench of the fluorescence, the SERRS spectra of R6G were recorded for the samples of dye colloidal solution with different concentrations. Spectral inhomogeneity behaviours from single molecules in the dried sample films were observed with complementary evidences, such as spectral polarization, spectral diffusion, intensity fluctuation of vibrational lines and even ＂breathing＂ of the molecules. Sequential spectra observed from a liquid sample with an average of 0.3 dye molecules in the probed volume exhibited the expected Poisson distribution for actually measuring 0, 1 or 2 molecules. Difference between the SERRS spectra of R6G excited by linearly and circularly polarized light were experimentally measured.

Rapid Identification of Legionella Pathogenicity by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Objective To establish Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy（SERS） can be used as a rapid and reliable method to distinguish virulent strain and mild strain of L. pneumophila. Methods We isolated and characterized of bacterial strains from ATCC and water samples strains, while we analyzed data from SERS technology using gold nanoparticles as a base and cell infections were employed to rapidly detect L. pneumophila strains. Origin 8.0 was used to collect Raman spectra, smooth and homogenize data, and to contrast spectra. Principal component analysis（PCA） was conducted to discriminate differences between groups using the multivariate analysis package Py Chem 3.0.5. Results Our results indicated that the peaks of high virulence strains reached ≥4000. This criterion was verified by subsequent cell experiments. In addition, we also conducted SERS rapid identification on the virulence of several collected clinical strains and obtained accurate results. Conclusion The present study indicates that the established SERS protocol can be used as a rapid and reliable method to distinguish virulent and mildly virulent strains of L. pneumophila, which can be further used in clinical samples.

Monitoring the penetration and accumulation of gold nanoparticles in rat skin ex vivo using surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy

Contamination by accidental cutaneous contact with the commercial products and the air pol-hutants raised a considerable health and safety issue.This study aimed to trace the dynamics of the 20 nm gold nanopartide(GNP)penetration and accumulation in rat skin tissues using a surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS)techmique.After the topical application of GNPs on rat skin surface,the SERS spectra were recorded for every 15 pum to an overall depth of 75 pum from skin surface for 150 min.The processes of GNP penetration in rat skin were accompanied by aggregation of GNPs,which affected SERS spectra.The results revealed that 20 nm GNPs can penetrate through stratum corneum layer,viable epidermis layer,and then into dermis layer.This study demonstrated for the first time the potential of SERS spectroscopy to monitor the penetration and accumulation of GNPs in rat skin.

Selective excitation of molecular mode in a mixture by femtosecond resonance-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectroscopy

Femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering （CARS） spectroscopy is used to investigate gaseous molecular dynamics. Due to the spectrally broad laser pulses, usually poorly resolved spectra result from this broad spectroscopy. However, it can be demonstrated that by the electronic resonance enhancement optimization control a selective excitation of specific vibrational mode is possible. Using an electronically resonance-enhanced effect, iodine molecule specific CARS spectroscopy can be obtained from a mixture of iodine-air at room temperature and a pressure of 1 atm （corresponding to a saturation iodine vapour as low as about 35 Pa）. The dynamics on either the electronically excited state or the ground state of iodine molecules obtained is consistent with previous studies （vacuum, heated and pure iodine） in the femtoseeond time resolved CARS spectroscopy, showing that an effective method of suppressing the non-resonant CARS background and other interferences is demonstrated.

Role of Raman spectroscopy and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy in colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer(CRC) is the fourth most commoncancer in the United Kingdom and is the second largest cause of cancer related death in the United Kingdom after lung cancer.Currently in the United Kingdom there is not a diagnostic test that has sufficient differentiation between patients with cancer and those without cancer so the current referral system relies on symptomatic presentation in a primary care setting.Raman spectroscopy and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS) are forms of vibrational spectroscopy that offer a nondestructive method to gain molecular information about biological samples.The techniques offer a wide range of applications from in vivo or in vitro diagnostics using endoscopic probes,to the use of micro-spectrometers for analysis of biofluids.The techniques have the potential to detect molecular changes prior to any morphological changes occurring in the tissue and therefore could offer many possibilities to aid the detection of CRC.The purpose of this review is to look at the current state of diagnostic technology in the United Kingdom.The development of Raman spectroscopy and SERS in clinical applications relation for CRC will then be discussed.Finally,future areas of research of Raman/SERS as a clinical tool for the diagnosis of CRC are also discussed.

Application of Monodisperse Thermo-Responsive Composite Microgels with Core-Shell Structure Based on Au@Ag Bimetallic Nanorod as Core in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrate

The monodisperse Au@Ag bimetallic nanorod is encapsulated by crosslinked poly( N-isopropylacrylamide)( PNIPAM) to produce thermo-responsive composite microgel with well-defined core-shell structure( Au@ Ag NR@ PNIPAM microgel)by seed-precipitation polymerization method using butenoic acid modified Au @ Ag NRs as seeds. When the temperature of the aqueous medium increases from 20℃ to 50℃,the localized surface plasmon resonance( LSPR) band of the entrapped Au @ Ag NR is pronouncedly red-shifted because of the decreased spatial distances between them as a result of shrinkage of the microgels,leading to their plasmonic coupling. The temperature tunable plasmonic coupling is demonstrated by temperature dependence of the surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy( SERS) signal of 1-naphthol in aqueous solution. Different from static plasmonic coupling modes from nanostructured assembly or array system of noble metals,the proposed plasmonic coupling can be dynamically controlled by environmental temperature. Therefore, the thermo responsive hybrid microgels have potential applications in mobile LSPR or SERS microsensors for living tissues or cells.

THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SILVER SUBCOLLOID USED IN SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

A clear light-yellow silver sol which has the visible spectral absorption at 390 nm, when adsorbed phenylmercaptotetrazole(PMT) or mercaptobenzothiazole(MBT), has a new absorption at 510-550 nm. It was found that the adsorption of halide ions competes with PMT and MBT. However, halide ions have a completely different influence from PMT and MBT on the spectral absorption of the silver sol. The differences may result from the change of the properties of the surface of the silver subcolloidal particles and from the bond forms combining adsorbates with the substrates.

Three-dimensional noble-metal nanostructure: A new kind of substrate for sensitive, uniform, and reproducible surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy （SERS） is a powerful vibrational spectroscopy technique for highly sensitive structural detection of low concentration analyte. The SERS activities largely depend on the topography of the substrate. In this review, we summarize the recent progress in SERS substrate, especially focusing on the three-dimensional （3D） noble-metal substrate with hierarchical nanostructure. Firstly, we introduce the background and general mechanism of 3D hierarchical SERS nanostructures. Then, a systematic overview on the fabrication, growth mechanism, and SERS property of various noble-metal substrates with 3D hierarchical nanostructures is presented. Finally, the applications of 3D hierarchical nanostructures as SERS substrates in many fields are discussed.

Facile electrochemical surface-alloying and etching of Au wires to enable high-performance substrates for surface enhanced Raman scattering

Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy(SERS)is a nondestructive technique for rapid detection of analytes even at the single-molecule level.However,highly sensitive and reliable SERS substrates are mostly fabricated with complex nanofabrication techniques,greatly restricting their practical applications.A convenient electrochemical method for transforming the surface of commercial gold wires/foils into silver-alloyed nanostructures is demonstrated in this report.Au substrates are treated with repetitive anodic and cathodic bias in an electrolyte of thiourea,in a one-pot one-step manner.X-rays absorption fine structure(XAFS)spectroscopy confirms that the AuAg alloy is induced at the surface.The unique AuAg alloyed surface nanostructures are particularly advantageous when served as SERS substrates,enabling a remarkably sensitive detection of Rhodamine B(a detection limit of 10^(-14)M,and uniform strong response throughout the substrates at 10^(-12)M).

Doping inhomogeneity and staging of ultra-thin graphite intercalation compound flakes probed by visible and near-infrared Raman spectroscopy

When ultra-thin graphite intercalation compounds（GICs） are deposited on the SiO2/Si substrate, it is found that their colors are dependent on the thickness of GIC flakes. The sample colors of ultrathin GIC flakes can no longer provide qualitative information on the stage index. Here, multi-wavelength Raman spectroscopy is thus applied to study the doping inhomogeneity and staging of ultra-thin GICs by FeCl3 intercalation. The G band intensity of stage-1 GIC flakes is strongly enhanced by 532-nm laser excitation, while that of stage-2 and stage-3 flakes exhibits strong intensity enhancement for 785-nm laser excitation. The near-infrared lasers are suggested to probe the doping inhomogeneity and staging of ultra-thin GIC flakes.

基于表面增强拉曼光谱的牛肝菌主成分分析及快速鉴定

2021年《中国疾病预防控制中心周报》指出蘑菇中毒是我国最严重的食品安全问题之一,2021年发生蘑菇中毒事件327次,涉及923例患者,其中20例死亡,总死亡率为2.17%,事件中共鉴定出毒蘑菇74种。牛肝菌由于味道鲜美,是人们最喜爱的菌类之一。由于烹调不当或是混入有毒牛肝菌,就会发生牛肝菌中毒事件。如何快速得出牛肝菌的主成分并进行鉴定,成为了一个迫切需要解决的问题。该研究从楚雄市鸿福农贸市场上购买的10个新鲜牛肝菌样品,使用菌盖进行徒手切片,用微波法制备的纳米银溶胶制成银胶装片,置于DXR显微拉曼光谱仪的10倍物镜下,获得10个样品的表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)。通过对SERS的分析发现10个样品中,样品7、8、10主成分相同,样品6、9主成分相同,其余样品主成分各不相同。以样品1为例,主成分有L-苯基丙氨酸(1583 cm^(-1)环内C—C伸缩振动、1199 cm^(-1)NH 2摇摆振动)、L-组氨酸(1572 cm^(-1)C C伸缩振动、COO-不对称伸缩、1229 cm^(-1)面内环变形振动)、异亮氨酸(1342 cm^(-1)C—H、N—H变形振动、486 cm^(-1)COOH摇摆振动、353 cm^(-1)骨架振动)、L-天冬氨酸(1136 cm^(-1)C—N伸缩振动)、甘氨酸(1386 cm^(-1)COO-变形振动、889 cm^(-1)C—C伸缩振动)、蛋氨酸(681 cm^(-1)C—S反对称伸缩振动)、吡喃糖化幌物(973 cm^(-1)对称环振动)。采用光谱软件OMNIC Specta的建库功能随机挑选10个样品的一条谱线进库,建库后可快速进行光谱匹配度的检索,通过匹配度的高低鉴定待测样品。在10个样品中,除2、10号样品的匹配度小于60%外,其余样品的匹配度都大于60%。样品7、8的匹配度接近且有交叉,说明样品7、8是同一品种,而样品6、9的匹配度接近而交叉项少,说明这两个样品是同一品种或相近品种。DNA检测结果表明样品7、8、10同为白牛肝菌,而样品6、9同为薄瓤假美柄牛肝菌。该实验为牛肝菌的主要成分检测和快速鉴定提供了一种简单可靠的方法。同时,该方法对野生蘑菇的物种鉴定具有很大的应用潜力,在野生菌中毒病例中,迅速确定毒蘑菇种类,从而为抢救病人赢得时间具有重要的意义。为此首次对野生蘑菇子实体进行SERS研究。

柠檬汁还原法制备AgNPs用于果蔬农药残留的SERS快速检测

[目的/意义]为满足目前市场上对农产品农药残留的快速灵敏检测需求,报道一种基于柠檬汁还原制备银纳米粒子(AgNPs)的方法。[方法]首先将新鲜柠檬汁经滤纸过滤,稀释成2%的柠檬汁水溶液,再配制一定浓度的AgNO3溶液、50 mM的NaOH溶液,放置室温保存。然后在室温下,将10 mL的ddH2O、2mL的NaOH、2mL的2%柠檬汁和5 mL的AgNO3溶液混合,待溶液颜色变为澄清的黄色时,溶液离心即可获得AgNPs。[结果和讨论]该方法制备的AgNPs,其颗粒形貌大小基本均一,约为20 nm,具有很好的表面增强拉曼散射(Surface Enhancement of Raman Scattering,SERS)增强效应,即良好的SERS信号稳定性,较强的SERS增强性能。该胶体中AgNPs分散较均匀,并且具有较长时间储存的稳定性,因此可用于微量农残检测。柠檬汁中主要还原成分抗坏血酸、葡萄糖和果糖,其含量分别为395.76μg/mL、5.95 mg/mL和5.90 mg/mL。将柠檬汁还原法制备的AgNPs用于果蔬表面农残检测,对于百草枯、多菌灵的检出限分别最低至3.90 ng/kg及0.22μg/kg。[结论]这项工作为果蔬农残快检提供了一种绿色、便捷的SERS材料制备方法,为实现农产品农药残留的快速、灵敏检测提供一种新的途径。

基于表面增强拉曼光谱的肾结石患者体液代谢谱特点及应用价值

目的分析基于表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)的肾结石患者体液代谢谱特点,探讨其应用价值,为肾结石患者的筛查工作提供参考。方法纳入福建省立医院泌尿外科确诊的25例肾结石患者(结石组)和25例健康体检者(对照组),采集其血液、尿液样本,利用SERS测量样本光谱,再进行平均谱和差异谱绘制。采用主成分分析结合线性判别分析(PCA-LDA)对归一化数据进行处理。最后采用受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线评估PCA-LDA方法的效能。结果结石组患者的体液(血液、尿液)拉曼光谱与对照组之间存在差异。根据既往报道的拉曼峰暂定分配,推测血浆和尿液中各有11种代谢物与肾结石有关,其中结石组尿液中的磷脂酰肌醇、苯丙氨酸、棕榈酸/脂肪酸等含量高于对照组,而尿嘧啶、糖原等成分的含量低于对照组。结石组患者血浆中的甲基带含量高于对照组,而糖原、磷脂酰肌醇、蛋白质-酪氨酸、苯丙氨酸、棕榈酸/脂肪酸、羟脯氨酸/酪氨酸和脂类的含量低于对照组。结论采用SERS检测可发现肾结石患者的尿液和血液代谢成分与健康体检者存在差异,结合PCA-LDA与ROC分析法可能有助于肾结石患者的筛查。

表面增强拉曼光谱技术在新精神活性物质检测中的应用

表面增强拉曼光谱技术具有高灵敏的吸附增强效应,提供更强的拉曼信号,通过观察到的特有分子指纹信息可以对分析物做出鉴别.各类新精神活性物质均有相应的特征拉曼信号,因此将表面增强拉曼光谱技术应用于合成大麻素类、合成卡西酮类、哌嗪类、色胺类、氯胺酮及苯环利定类和芬太尼类等新精神活性物质检测中.方法具有灵敏度高、样品处理简单和检测快速的优点,可为鉴定新精神活性物质的结构类别提供科学依据.本文介绍近年来表面增强拉曼光谱技术在各类新精神活性物质检测中的应用进展,旨在为新精神活性物质的筛查提供参考.

化工行业土壤中多环芳烃污染特征与检测技术研究

本文综述了中国焦化工业的概况和焦化废弃土壤中多环芳烃(PAHs)的污染特征,总结了土壤中PAHs的主要检测技术和前处理方法,以及不同固体样品前处理方法的原理和优缺点。同时,还探讨了表面增强拉曼技术(SERS)在土壤PAHs检测中的应用前景。最后,文中提出了土壤PAHs检测与前处理技术在未来的发展方向。

Study on gastric cancer blood plasma based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy combined with multivariate analysis

A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) method combined with multivariate analysis was developed for non-invasive gastric cancer detection. SERS measurements were performed on two groups of blood plasma samples: one group from 32 gastric patients and the other group from 33 healthy volunteers. Tentative assignments of the Raman bands in the measured SERS spectra suggest interesting cancer-specific biomolecular changes, including an increase in the relative amounts of nucleic acid, collagen, phospholipids and phenylalanine and a decrease in the percentage of amino acids and saccharide in the blood plasma of gastric cancer patients as compared with those of healthy subjects. Principal components analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) were employed to develop effective diagnostic algorithms for classification of SERS spectra between normal and cancer plasma with high sensitivity (79.5%) and specificity (91%). A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was employed to assess the accuracy of diagnostic algorithms based on PCA-LDA. The results from this exploratory study demonstrate that SERS plasma analysis combined with PCA-LDA has tremendous potential for the non-invasive detection of gastric cancers.

Rapid Detection of Sildenafil Drugs in Liquid Nutraceuticals Based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Technology

在这研究，提高表面的拉曼光谱学(重量的单位) 技术被用来很快检测非法增加的 sildenafil 药。由密度的详细归属分析功能的理论(DFT ) 被用来指导特定的实验。拉曼信号从银胶体(Ag 关口) 被获得底层，和他们面对矿物质盐增加了，钾碘化物(KI ) 。这些方法在象 1 獳? 敷椠汬獵牴瑡 ? 桴 ? 潰整瑮慩?景琠敨渠睥栠略楲瑳捩猠档浥 e 一样低的水的答案检测了

Detection of pesticides on navel orange skin by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy coupled with Ag nanostructures

Residual pesticides such as phosmet and chlorpyrifos in fruit have become a public concern problem in recent years.In this study,surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(SERS)was used to detect and characterize pesticides extracted from navel orange surfaces.Silver colloid was prepared for getting the SERS of phosmet and chlorpyrifos.Enhanced Raman signals of phosmet over a concentration range of 5 mg/L to 30 mg/L and chlorpyrifos over a concentration range of 5 mg/L to 20 mg/L were acquired.Partial least squares(PLS)regression combined with different data preprocessing methods was used to develop quantitative models.With the second derivative data preprocessing,the best prediction model of phosmet pesticide was achieved with a correlation coefficient(r)of 0.852 and the root mean square error of prediction(RMSEP)of 5.177 mg/L.The best prediction model of chlorpyrifos pesticide was achieved with r of 0.843 and the RMSEP of 2.992 mg/L using the multiplicative scatter correction(MSC)and first derivative data preprocessing.This study indicated that SERS coupled with Ag nanostructures is a potential tool for analysis of phosmet and chlorpyrifos pesticide residues.