title: Sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection of nitroaromatic pollutants in water.
abstract: The increasing and urgent demand for clean water requires new approaches for identifying possible contaminants. In the present study, polymer substrates with embedded silver nanoparticles are employed to reveal the presence of traces of nitroaromatic compounds in water on the basis of the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect. These platforms provide an easy and sensitive method of detecting of low concentrations of these organic pollutants in contaminated water.
authors.affiliation: Universitá Federico II, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse (DiSTAR), 80134 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Menghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Benedetto
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: De Vivo
authors.forename: Wanjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muniz-Miranda