Silver Nanoprism-Loaded Eggshell Membrane: A Facile Platform for In Situ SERS Monitoring of Catalytic Reactions
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Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials & Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules, Ministry of Education & College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Yarn and Fabric Formation and Clean Production, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430073, China
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Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3216, Australia
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Crystals 2017, 7(2), 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7020045
Received: 27 December 2016 / Revised: 1 February 2017 / Accepted: 3 February 2017 / Published: 18 February 2017
We reported the fabrication of an in situ surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) monitoring platform, comprised of a porous eggshell membrane (ESM) bioscaffold loaded with Ag nanoprism via an electrostatic self-assembly approach. The localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) property of silver nanoprism leads to the blue color of the treated ESMs. UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements were employed to observe the microstructure and surface property of Ag nanoprisms on the ESMs. The silver nanoprism-loaded eggshell membrane ([email protected]) exhibited strong catalytic activity for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by sodium borohydride (NaBH4) and it can be easily recovered and reused for more than six cycles. Significantly, the composites also display excellent SERS efficiency, allowing the in situ SERS monitoring of molecular transformation in heterogeneous catalysis. The results indicate that the [email protected] biocomposite can achieve both SERS and catalytic functionalities simultaneously in a single entity with high performance, which promotes the potential applications of ESM modified with functional materials.
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Keywords:
eggshell membrane; silver nanoprism; catalysis; SERS
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Li, Y.; Ye, Y.; Fan, Y.; Zhou, J.; Jia, L.; Tang, B.; Wang, X. Silver Nanoprism-Loaded Eggshell Membrane: A Facile Platform for In Situ SERS Monitoring of Catalytic Reactions. Crystals 2017, 7, 45.
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