"Smart" Ag Nanostructures for Plasmon-Enhanced Spectroscopies

  • Chao Yu Li
  • , Meng Meng
  • , Sheng Chao Huang
  • , Lei Li
  • , Shao Rong Huang
  • , Shu Chen
  • , Ling Yan Meng
  • , Rajapandiyan Panneerselvam
  • , San Jun Zhang
  • , Bin Ren
  • , Zhi Lin Yang
  • , Jian Feng Li*
  • , Zhong Qun Tian
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Silver is an ideal candidate for surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based applications because of its great optical cross-section in the visible region. However, the uses of Ag in plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies have been limited due to their interference via direct contact with analytes, the poor chemical stability, and the Ag+ release phenomenon. Herein, we report a facile chemical method to prepare shell-isolated Ag nanoparticle/tip. The as-prepared nanostructures exhibit an excellent chemical stability and plasmonic property in plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies for more than one year. It also features an alternative plasmon-mediated photocatalysis pathway by smartly blocking "hot" electrons. Astonishingly, the shell-isolated Ag nanoparticles (Ag SHINs), as "smart plasmonic dusts", reveal a 1000-fold ensemble enhancement of rhodamine isothiocyanate (RITC) on a quartz substrate in surface-enhanced fluorescence. The presented "smart" Ag nanostructures offer a unique way for the promotion of ultrahigh sensitivity and reliability in plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13784-13787
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume137
Issue number43
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Nov 2015
Externally publishedYes

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