title: SERS enhancement of silver nanoparticles prepared by a template-directed triazole ligand strategy.
abstract: Two advances in the development of a one-pot method to prepare silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using the Tollens' reagent are described. First, a template-directed process of AgNP synthesis using resorcinol triazole ligands bearing two pendent galactose sugars is shown. Second, the conversion of these AgNPs into SERS nanotags is demonstrated using malachite green isothiocyanate as the Raman reporter molecule.
authors.affiliation: WestCHEM & Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G1 1XL, UK. glenn.burley@strath.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Heba A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Kashmery
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Ruggero
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dondi
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mabbott
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Alasdair W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Glenn A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Burley
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D005690:Galactose / Q000737:chemistry; D008024:Ligands; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D008024:Ligands; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; D014230:Triazoles; C005095:malachite green; D012834:Silver; D005690:Galactose