title: Fourier transform surface-enhanced Raman scattering of single-layer nucleolipid Langmuir-Blodgett films on silver island film substrates.
abstract: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of four amphiphilic nucleolipids in single-layer Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films deposited on silver island film substrates from pure water and complementary nucleotide-containing subphase and corresponding powder normal Raman spectra were obtained. The analysis of these spectra indicates that the SERS effect is mainly caused by a charge-transfer mechanism, and only the nucleobase headgroup moieties and complementary bases combined with them through hydrogen bonds, which are directly in contact with the silver island film substrates, could be enhanced. For the amphiphilic nucleolipids with the identical nucleobase headgroups, the SERS spectra of the LB films are similar, implying that the orientations of these nucleobase moieties on the silver substrates are analogous. However, the nucleobase takes different orientations on the silver substrates before and after complementary binding. The nucleobases in the LB films deposited from pure water are nearly lying flat on the silver surface, while the complementary binding pairs transferred from the air/water interface tend to take an end-on orientation on the metal surface.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Sanxie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yingqiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003102:Colloids; D008055:Lipids; D018030:Silver Compounds; D012834:Silver