title: Multifunctional Fe3O4@SiO2-Au Satellite Structured SERS Probe for Charge Selective Detection of Food Dyes.
abstract: Nanofabrication of multifunctional surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates is strongly desirable but currently remains a challenge. The motivation of this study was to design such a substrate, a versatile core-satellite Fe3O4@SiO2-Au (FA) hetero-nanostructure, and demonstrate its use for charge-selective detection of food dye molecules as an exemplary application. Our experimental results and three-dimensional finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation suggest that tuning the Au nanoparticle (NP) gap to sub-10 nm, which could be readily accomplished, substantially enhanced the Raman signals. Further layer-by-layer deposition of a charged polyelectrolyte on this magnetic SERS substrate induced active adsorption and selective detection of food dye molecules of opposite charge on the substrates. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations suggest that the selective SERS enhancement could be attributed to the high affinity and close contact (within a 20 Å range) between the substrate and molecules. Density function theory (DFT) calculations confirm the charge transfer from food dye molecules to Au NPs via the polyelectrolytes. This multifunctional SERS platform provides easy separation and selective detection of charged molecules from complex chemical mixtures.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085, China.
authors.forename: Zhenli
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085, China.
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Zhilin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085, China.
authors.forename: Chuanyong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jing
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D005504:Food Analysis; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D005290:Ferric Compounds; C000499:ferric oxide; D006046:Gold; D012822:Silicon Dioxide
keywords: SERS; charge transfer; food dye; selective detection; tunable gap