Cystine-assisted accumulation of gold nanoparticles on ZnO to construct a sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrate

doi:10.1007/s11705-022-2177-8

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2023, Vol. 17

Issue (1) : 15-23 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-022-2177-8

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Cystine-assisted accumulation of gold nanoparticles on ZnO to construct a sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrate

Qi Qu¹, Chuan Zeng⁵, Jing Huang⁵, Mengfan Wang^1,^2,⁴(

), Wei Qi^1,^3,⁴, Zhimin He¹

¹. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
². School of Life Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
³. Co-Innovation Centre of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Tianjin 300072, China
⁴. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
⁵. Technical Centre of Gongbei Customs District of China, Zhuhai 519000, China

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Abstract

Recently, various semiconductor/metal composites have been developed to fabricate surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates. However, low metal loading on semiconductors is still a challenge. In this study, cystine was introduced to increase the accumulation of gold nanoparticles on zinc oxide, owing to the biomineralization property of cystine. Morphological analysis revealed that the obtained ZnO/Au/cystine composite not only had a higher metal loading but also formed a porous structure, which is beneficial for Raman performance. Compared with ZnO/Au, the ZnO/Au/cystine substrate displayed a 40-fold enhancement in the Raman signal and a lower limit of detection (10^–11 mol·L⁻¹) in the detection of rhodamine 6G. Moreover, the substrate has favorable homogeneity and stability. Finally, ZnO/Au/cystine displayed excellent performance toward crystal violet and methylene blue in a test based on river water samples. This study provided a promising method to fabricate sensitive semiconductor/noble metal-based surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates for Raman detection.

Keywords biomineralization cystine semiconductor/metal composite SERS detection Raman detection

Corresponding Author(s): Mengfan Wang

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Changjian Wang and Zhiying Yang contributed equally to this work.

Online First Date: 01 August 2022 Issue Date: 21 February 2023

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Qi Qu,Chuan Zeng,Jing Huang, et al. Cystine-assisted accumulation of gold nanoparticles on ZnO to construct a sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrate[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17(1): 15-23.

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Scheme1 Schematic diagram for the fabrication of the ZnO/Au/cys substrate and SERS detection.

Fig.1 SEM image of (a) ZnO/Au, (b) ZnO/Au/cys and (c) the magnified view of ZnO/Au/cys; (d) XRD patterns of ZnO/Au/cys, ZnO/cys and ZnO/Au; (e) elemental analysis of ZnO/Au/cys.

Fig.2 XPS spectra of (a) ZnO/Au/cys and (b–f) the Zn 2p, Au 4f, Zn 3p, O 1s, S 2p, and N 1s spectra of ZnO/Au/cys, ZnO/cys, and ZnO/Au.

Fig.3 Raman spectra of 10^–6 mol·L^?1 R6G detected on (a) ZnO/Au and ZnO/Au/cys; (b) Raman spectra of different concentrations of R6G (10^–6–10^–11 mol·L^?1) detected on ZnO/Au/cys; (c) the linear relationship between Raman intensity at 1510 cm^–1 and the concentration of R6G.

Fig.4 (a) Homogeneity and (b) stability of ZnO/Au/cys.

Tab.1 Raman detection of CV and MB in river water based on ZnO/Au/cys substrate

Fig.5 Raman spectra of real river water samples containing different concentrations of (a) CV and (b) MB.

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