JOURNAL ARTICLE

Detection of mercury(II) with a surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensor based on functionalized gold nanoparticles

Peng ZhengXiaofei ShiKathrine CurtinFeng YangNianqiang Wu

Year: 2017 Journal:   Materials Research Express Vol: 4 (5)Pages: 055017-055017   Publisher: IOP Publishing

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles functionalized with 4-mercaptobenzoic acid can selectively capture Hg2+ in the presence of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid, generating a fingerprint surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) peak at 374 cm−1. This SERS sensor exhibits a limit of detection of 5 ppt toward Hg2+ in water.

Keywords:
Raman scattering Detection limit Mercury (programming language) Colloidal gold Nanoparticle Raman spectroscopy Materials science Nanotechnology Analytical Chemistry (journal) Chemistry Optics Chromatography Physics Computer science

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