Dual-Mode Sensing of Fe(III) Based on Etching Induced Modulation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Instruments
- Spectrophotometer: UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectra of colloidal suspensions, in the 300–1800 nm range, were taken with a Varian Cary 6000i spectrophotometer (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA), while for the ones in the 300–1100 nm range, we used a Varian Cary 60 (Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA).
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): TEM images of the samples were collected on a Jeol JEM-1200 EX II instrument (JEOL Italia, Milan, Italy). To prepare the grids, 10 µL of the sample was dropped on nickel grids, 300 mesh, coated with a Parlodion membrane. The samples to be deposited were diluted with double-distilled water in different ways: colloidal GNSs were diluted 1:200; GNS@Ag@MMC were diluted 1:50; GNS@Ag@MMC with different quantities of Fe(III) were also diluted 1:50.
- Raman and SERS measurements were performed on the investigated samples using an automated and integrated confocal micro-Raman spectrometer, XploRA Plus HORIBA Scientific (Horiba, Ltd., Kyoto, Japan), equipped with an Olympus microscope BX43 (Horiba, Ltd., Kyoto, Japan). The microscope set-up consists of four different objectives with 10×, 50×, 50× with a long working distance and 100× magnification. The spectrometer is equipped with a motorized xy stage on which the investigated samples are positioned. The spectral resolution is about 1 cm−1. An Open Electrode CCD camera (Horiba, Ltd., Kyoto, Japan), with a multistage Peltier air-cooling system, is used as a detector. Two different solid-state laser sources have been used emitting light at 532 nm and 638 nm. The maximum power was 100 mW for green light and 90 mW for the red one. Neutral filters with different optical density allow for setting the incident laser power. The spectral resolution is about 1 cm−1; neutral filters with optical density equal to 2, 1, 0.6, 0.3 and 0 can be used to adapt the laser incident power, leading to power density values from 5 × 103 W/cm2 to 5 × 105 W/cm2.
2.3. Synthesis of Gold Nanostars (GNSs)
2.4. Silver Coating of Gold Nanostars (GNS@Ag)
2.5. Preparation of GNS and GNS@Ag Coated with 7-Mercapto-4-methylcoumarine
2.6. Detection of Fe(III)
2.7. Detection of Potentially Interfering Cations
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. GNS and GNS@Ag Preparation, Characterization and Coating
3.2. Fe(III) Detection
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Peak Position (cm−1) | Assignment |
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438 | Skeletal vibration |
570 | Ring deformation |
685 | Skeletal vibration and -C-O deformation |
1057 | Characteristic ring vibration |
1102 | Characteristic ring vibration |
1170 | -C-O- Stretching |
1318 | -C-O- Stretching |
1366 | Conjugated C=C- asymmetric stretching and -C-H deformation |
1384 | -C-CH3 deformation |
1544 | Stretching -C-C-, -CH3 deformation and -C-Hring in-plane deformation |
1593 | Conjugated -C=C-symmetric stretching |
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Parmigiani, M.; Albini, B.; Galinetto, P.; Taglietti, A. Dual-Mode Sensing of Fe(III) Based on Etching Induced Modulation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 1467. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181467
Parmigiani M, Albini B, Galinetto P, Taglietti A. Dual-Mode Sensing of Fe(III) Based on Etching Induced Modulation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(18):1467. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181467
Chicago/Turabian StyleParmigiani, Miriam, Benedetta Albini, Pietro Galinetto, and Angelo Taglietti. 2024. "Dual-Mode Sensing of Fe(III) Based on Etching Induced Modulation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy" Nanomaterials 14, no. 18: 1467. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181467