High Quality TaS2 Nanosheet SPR Biosensors Improved Sensitivity and the Experimental Demonstration for the Detection of Hg2+
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment
2.1. Synthesis of Superstructure TaS2 Nanoflakes
2.2. Assembling of TaS2 Nanoflakes
2.3. Mercury Ion Detection
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Numerical Simulation
3.2. Application of TaS2 Based SPR Biosensors in Heavy Metal Ion Detection
3.3. Study of the Mechanism of High Sensitivity of These SPR Biosensors
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Jia, Y.; Liao, Y.; Cai, H. High Quality TaS2 Nanosheet SPR Biosensors Improved Sensitivity and the Experimental Demonstration for the Detection of Hg2+. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 2075. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122075
Jia Y, Liao Y, Cai H. High Quality TaS2 Nanosheet SPR Biosensors Improved Sensitivity and the Experimental Demonstration for the Detection of Hg2+. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(12):2075. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122075
Chicago/Turabian StyleJia, Yue, Yunlong Liao, and Houzhi Cai. 2022. "High Quality TaS2 Nanosheet SPR Biosensors Improved Sensitivity and the Experimental Demonstration for the Detection of Hg2+" Nanomaterials 12, no. 12: 2075. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122075