ZnO Tips Dotted with Au Nanoparticles—Advanced SERS Determination of Trace Nicotine
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials
2.2. Instrumentation
2.3. Synthesis of ZnO/Au
2.4. SERS Measurement
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of ZnO/Au
3.2. Optimization for Preparation of ZnO/Au
3.3. SERS Performance of ZnO/Au
3.4. SERS Detection of Nicotine
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Adding Amount (mol/L, lgC) | SERS Results (mol/L, lgC) | Recovery ± SD (%) |
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1 | −7.00 | −6.73 | 96.14 ± 8.43 |
2 | −7.30 | −7.22 | 98.90 ± 6.86 |
3 | −8.00 | −8.06 | 100.75 ± 6.95 |
Methods | Linear Range | LOD | Real Sample | Reference |
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HPLC | 0.78–50 μg mL−1 | 0.07 a μg mL−1 | E-cigarette | [51] |
Fluorescent | 0.1 to 10 μg mL−1 | 0.01 μg mL−1 | Tobacco | [52] |
LC-MS | 0.001–0.06 μg mL−1 | 0.001 μg mL−1 | Rat plasma | [18] |
Electrochemistry | 10−5–10−3 mol/L | 2 × 10−6 mol/L | Cigarette | [25] |
SERS (AuNPs-coated paper) | 1–2.5 μg mL−1 | 0.2 μg mL−1 | Aqueous solution | [38] |
SERS (Au NBPs-AAO) | 10–3000 μg mL−1 | 2.2 μg mL−1 | Cigarette | [53] |
SERS (AuNPs-containing threads) | 2–6 μg mL−1 | 0.18 μg mL−1 | Aqueous solution | [54] |
This work | 10−10–10−6 mol/L | 8.9 × 10−12 mol/L | Saliva |
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Cao, J.; Zhai, Y.; Tang, W.; Guo, X.; Wen, Y.; Yang, H. ZnO Tips Dotted with Au Nanoparticles—Advanced SERS Determination of Trace Nicotine. Biosensors 2021, 11, 465. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/bios11110465
Cao J, Zhai Y, Tang W, Guo X, Wen Y, Yang H. ZnO Tips Dotted with Au Nanoparticles—Advanced SERS Determination of Trace Nicotine. Biosensors. 2021; 11(11):465. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/bios11110465
Chicago/Turabian StyleCao, Jiaying, Yan Zhai, Wanxin Tang, Xiaoyu Guo, Ying Wen, and Haifeng Yang. 2021. "ZnO Tips Dotted with Au Nanoparticles—Advanced SERS Determination of Trace Nicotine" Biosensors 11, no. 11: 465. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/bios11110465