Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Kennedy College of Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Kennedy College of Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
Talanta. 2024 May 1;271:125723. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.125723. Epub 2024 Jan 26.
Nanoparticle-enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and Tag-LIBS are two approaches that have been shown to significantly enhance LIBS sensitivity and specificity. In an effort to combine both of these approaches, we have initiated a study on the effect of the presence of Silver nanoparticle concentrations on Europium (Eu) and Ytterbium (Yb) LIBS signals. These elements are part of metal-loaded polymers conjugated to antibodies. We observe a signal enhancement of the emission lines of about 10 and 12 times for the Europium and Ytterbium lines. This study shows that Europium and Ytterbium are enhanced differently; Europium shows enhancement for both neutral and ionized species while the Ytterbium shows enhancement only for ionized species. Additionally, we found that NPs at 0.1 mg/mL and 0.05 mg/mL achieved maximum enhancement for Eu and Yb, respectively. Based on our findings, the temperature and electron density of Eu and Yb are not significantly different for NPs concentrations, but the total signal intensity is significantly higher for optimum NP concentrations for both Eu and Yb.
纳米颗粒增强激光诱导击穿光谱和标签激光诱导击穿光谱(Tag-LIBS)是两种已被证明可显著提高 LIBS 灵敏度和特异性的方法。为了结合这两种方法,我们开始研究银纳米颗粒浓度对铕(Eu)和镱(Yb)LIBS 信号的影响。这些元素是与抗体结合的负载金属聚合物的一部分。我们观察到 Eu 和 Yb 发射线的信号增强约 10 倍和 12 倍。这项研究表明,Eu 和 Yb 的增强方式不同;Eu 对中性和离子化物质都有增强,而 Yb 仅对离子化物质有增强。此外,我们发现 0.1 mg/mL 和 0.05 mg/mL 的 NPs 分别实现了 Eu 和 Yb 的最大增强。根据我们的发现,对于 NPs 浓度,Eu 和 Yb 的温度和电子密度没有显著差异,但对于 Eu 和 Yb 的最佳 NP 浓度,总信号强度显著更高。