Journal
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 2338-2345Publisher
BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.10.224
Keywords
adion-specific adsorption model; cation bridging; Raman; surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
Funding
- Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation, CCCDI-UEFISCDI within PNCDI III [PN-III-P4-ID-PCCF-2016-0112, PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0056]
- College for Advanced Performance Studies, Babes-Bolyai University
- Babes-Bolyai University [35996/28.11.2018]
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In our recent studies we highlighted the role of adsorbed ions (adions) in turning on the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect in a specific mode for anionic and cationic analytes. In this work, we emphasize the role of Ag+, Ca2+, Pb2+ and Al3+ adions in the specific adsorption of anionic analytes such as the citrate capping agent and three organic acids. Our results suggest an adion-specific adsorption mechanism: the adsorption of anionic analytes is facilitated by positively charged adions such as Ag+, Ca2+, Pb2+ or Al3+, which provide adsorption sites specific for the anionic analytes. The turn-on of the SERS effect is explained in the context of the chemical mechanism of SERS. The adions form SERS-active sites on the silver surface enabling a charge transfer between the adsorbate and the silver surface. High-intensity SERS spectra of uric acid, salicylic acid and fumaric acid could be recorded at a concentration of 50 mu M only after activation of the colloidal silver nanoparticles by Ca2+, Pb2+ or Al3+ (50 mu M). The chemisorption of the three anionic species to the silver surface occurs competitively and is enhanced with the anions of higher affinities to the silver surface as indicated by the SERS spectra of corresponding mixed solutions.
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