Abu-Hatab Nahla A, John Joshy F, Oran Jenny M, Sepaniak Michael J
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Department of Chemistry, 552 Buehler Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, USA.
Appl Spectrosc. 2007 Oct;61(10):1116-22. doi: 10.1366/000370207782217842.
Over the past few decades, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has garnered respect as an analytical technique with significant chemical and biological applications. SERS is important for the life sciences because it can provide trace level detection, a high level of structural information, and enhanced chemical detection. However, creating and successfully implementing a sensitive, reproducible, and robust SERS active substrate continues to be a challenging task. Herein, we report a novel method for SERS that is based upon using multiplexed microfluidics (MMFs) in a polydimethylsiloxane platform to perform parallel, high throughput, and sensitive detection/identification of single or various analytes under easily manipulated conditions. A facile passive pumping method is used to deliver Ag colloids and analytes into the channels where SERS measurements are done under nondestructive flowing conditions. With this approach, SERS signal reproducibility is found to be better than 7%. Utilizing a very high numerical aperture microscope objective with a confocal-based Raman spectrometer, high sensitivity is achieved. Moreover, the long working distance of this objective coupled with an appreciable channel depth obviates normal alignment issues expected with translational multiplexing. Rapid evaluation of the effects of anion activators and the type of colloid employed on SERS performance are used to demonstrate the efficiency and applicability of the MMF approach. SERS spectra of various pesticides were also obtained. Calibration curves of crystal violet (non-resonant enhanced) and Mitoxantrone (resonant enhanced) were generated, and the major SERS bands of these analytes were observable down to concentrations in the low nM and sub-pM ranges, respectively. While conventional random morphology colloids were used in most of these studies, unique cubic nanoparticles of silver were synthesized with different sizes and studied using visible wavelength optical extinction spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy, and the MMF-SERS approach.
在过去几十年中,表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)作为一种具有重要化学和生物学应用的分析技术而备受关注。SERS对生命科学很重要,因为它可以提供痕量检测、高水平的结构信息以及增强的化学检测能力。然而,创建并成功实现一种灵敏、可重现且稳健的SERS活性基底仍然是一项具有挑战性的任务。在此,我们报告了一种基于在聚二甲基硅氧烷平台中使用多重微流控(MMF)的SERS新方法,该方法可在易于操作的条件下对单一或多种分析物进行并行、高通量且灵敏的检测/鉴定。采用一种简便的被动泵送方法将银胶体和分析物输送到通道中,在无损流动条件下进行SERS测量。通过这种方法,发现SERS信号重现性优于7%。利用具有共焦拉曼光谱仪的非常高数值孔径的显微镜物镜,实现了高灵敏度。此外,该物镜的长工作距离与可观的通道深度相结合,避免了平移复用预期的常规对准问题。通过快速评估阴离子活化剂和所用胶体类型对SERS性能的影响,证明了MMF方法的效率和适用性。还获得了各种农药的SERS光谱。生成了结晶紫(非共振增强)和米托蒽醌(共振增强)的校准曲线,这些分析物的主要SERS谱带在低纳摩尔和亚皮摩尔浓度范围内均可观察到。虽然在大多数这些研究中使用了传统的随机形态胶体,但合成了不同尺寸的独特立方银纳米颗粒,并使用可见波长光学消光光谱、扫描电子显微镜和MMF-SERS方法进行了研究。
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