Gold vs. Silver Colloidal Nanoparticle Films for Optimized SERS Detection of Propranolol and Electrochemical-SERS Analyses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Colloidal Nanoparticle Syntheses
2.2. Convective Self-Assembly of Nanoparticle Films
2.3. Characterization
2.4. SERS Measurements and Analysis
2.5. EC-SERS Measurements
2.6. DFT Calculations
2.7. Finite-Difference Time-Domain Electromagnetic Simulations
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Morphology of the Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Films
3.2. SERS of Propranolol on Ag and Au NP Films
3.3. DFT Analysis
3.4. Optical Response Analysis
3.5. SERS Detection on Au NP Films
3.6. Au NP Films as Electrodes for EC-SERS Assays
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Muntean, C.M.; Cuibus, D.; Boca, S.; Falamas, A.; Tosa, N.; Brezeştean, I.A.; Bende, A.; Barbu-Tudoran, L.; Moldovan, R.; Bodoki, E.; et al. Gold vs. Silver Colloidal Nanoparticle Films for Optimized SERS Detection of Propranolol and Electrochemical-SERS Analyses. Biosensors 2023, 13, 530. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13050530
Muntean CM, Cuibus D, Boca S, Falamas A, Tosa N, Brezeştean IA, Bende A, Barbu-Tudoran L, Moldovan R, Bodoki E, et al. Gold vs. Silver Colloidal Nanoparticle Films for Optimized SERS Detection of Propranolol and Electrochemical-SERS Analyses. Biosensors. 2023; 13(5):530. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13050530
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuntean, Cristina M., Denisa Cuibus, Sanda Boca, Alexandra Falamas, Nicoleta Tosa, Ioana Andreea Brezeştean, Attila Bende, Lucian Barbu-Tudoran, Rebeca Moldovan, Ede Bodoki, and et al. 2023. "Gold vs. Silver Colloidal Nanoparticle Films for Optimized SERS Detection of Propranolol and Electrochemical-SERS Analyses" Biosensors 13, no. 5: 530. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13050530