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Porous Au-Ag Nanoparticles from Galvanic Replacement Applied as Single-Particle SERS Probe for Quantitative Monitoring

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Lu Wang
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Sergiy Patskovsky
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Bastien Gauthier‐Soumis
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Michel Meunier *
DOI:10.1002/smll.202105209delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Plasmonic nanostructures have raised the interest of biomedical applications of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). To improve the enhancement and produce sensitive SERS probes, porous Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles (NPs) are synthesized by dealloying Au-Ag alloy NP-precursors with Au or Ag core in aqueous colloidal environment through galvanic replacement reaction. The novel designed core-shell Au-Ag alloy NP-precursors facilitate controllable synthesis of porous nanostructure, and dealloying degree during the reaction has significant effect on structural and spectral properties of dealloyed porous NPs. Narrow-dispersed dealloyed NPs are obtained using NPs of Au/Ag ratio from 10/90 to 40/60 with Au and Ag core to produce solid core@porous shell and porous nanoshells, having rough surface, hollowness, and porosity around 30-60%. The clean nanostructure from colloidal synthesis exhibits a redshifted plasmon peak up to near-infrared region, and the large accessible surface induces highly localized surface plasmon resonance and generates robust SERS activity. Thus, the porous NPs produce intensely enhanced Raman signal up to 68-fold higher than 100 nm AuNP enhancement at single-particle level, and the estimated Raman enhancement around 7800, showing the potential for highly sensitive SERS probes. The single-particle SERS probes are effectively demonstrated in quantitative monitoring of anticancer drug Doxorubicin release.
Keywords:
galvanic replacement
nanoprobe
plasmonic nanostructure
porous nanoparticles
single particle
surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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universite de montreal
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