Robust SERS Platforms Based on Annealed Gold Nanostructures Formed on Ultrafine Glass Substrates for Various (Bio)Applications
Lan Zhou,
Simone Poggesi,
Giuliocesare Casari Bariani,
Rakesh Mittapalli,
Pierre-Michel Adam,
Marisa Manzano,
Rodica Elena Ionescu
Affiliations
Lan Zhou
Light, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (L2N), FRE-CNRS 2019, Institute Charles Delaunay (ICD), University of Technology of Troyes, 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060, 10004 Troyes CEDEX, France
Simone Poggesi
Light, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (L2N), FRE-CNRS 2019, Institute Charles Delaunay (ICD), University of Technology of Troyes, 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060, 10004 Troyes CEDEX, France
Giuliocesare Casari Bariani
Light, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (L2N), FRE-CNRS 2019, Institute Charles Delaunay (ICD), University of Technology of Troyes, 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060, 10004 Troyes CEDEX, France
Rakesh Mittapalli
Light, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (L2N), FRE-CNRS 2019, Institute Charles Delaunay (ICD), University of Technology of Troyes, 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060, 10004 Troyes CEDEX, France
Pierre-Michel Adam
Light, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (L2N), FRE-CNRS 2019, Institute Charles Delaunay (ICD), University of Technology of Troyes, 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060, 10004 Troyes CEDEX, France
Marisa Manzano
Dipartimento di Scienze Agroalimentari, Ambientali e Animali (DI4A), Università degli Studi di Udine, Via Sondrio 2/A, 33100 Udine, Italy
Rodica Elena Ionescu
Light, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (L2N), FRE-CNRS 2019, Institute Charles Delaunay (ICD), University of Technology of Troyes, 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060, 10004 Troyes CEDEX, France
In this study, stable gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are fabricated for the first time on commercial ultrafine glass coverslips coated with gold thin layers (2 nm, 4 nm, 6 nm, and 8 nm) at 25 °C and annealed at high temperatures (350 °C, 450 °C, and 550 °C) on a hot plate for different periods of time. Such gold nanostructured coverslips were systematically tested via surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to identify their spectral performances in the presence of different concentrations of a model molecule, namely 1,2-bis-(4-pyridyl)-ethene (BPE). By using these SERS platforms, it is possible to detect BPE traces (10−12 M) in aqueous solutions in 120 s. The stability of SERS spectra over five weeks of thiol-DNA probe (2 µL) deposited on gold nano-structured coverslip is also reported.
