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- 2019
- Au nanoparticles in water
- Fourier-Zhukovsky thermal model
- Nanomaterials and Technology
- National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics
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LED visible-light driven label-free photoelectrochemical immunosensor based on WO3/Au/CdS photocatalyst for the sensitive detection of carcinoembryonic antigen
摘要： A ternary WO3/Au/CdS photocatalyst was prepared by reversible redox and ionic adsorption for the first time. The photocatalyst exhibited high photocatalytic activity and good photoelectrochemical (PEC) property in comparison with WO3, CdS, WO3/Au and WO3/CdS, because the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of Au nanoparticles (Au NPs) and the sensitization of CdS benefited the spatial separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and the absorption of visible light. Thus, its photocurrent response intensity was quite high, up to about 218-fold of WO3 and 87-fold of CdS under 430 nm LED light irradiation. Based on the large anodic photocurrent and the specific recognition between carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and anti-CEA, a novel PEC immunosensor was constructed for the sensitive and selective detection of CEA. Under the selected conditions, the change of photocurrent intensity was linear to the logarithm of CEA concentration over the range from 0.01 to 10 ng/mL, and the detection limit was down to 1 pg/mL. The immunosensor also showed good stability, reproducibility and repeatability. It was successfully applied to the detection of CEA in serum samples.
关键词： Au nanoparticles,WO3,Photoelectrochemical immunosensor,Carcinoembryonic antigen,CdS
更新于2025-11-21 11:01:37
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Strong Cathodoluminescence and Fast Photoresponse from Embedded CH3NH3PbBr3 Nanoparticles Exhibiting High Ambient-Stability
摘要： This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the strong cathodoluminescence (CL), photoluminescence (PL), and photoresponse characteristics of CH3NH3PbBr3 nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in a mesoporous nanowire template. Our study revealed a direct correlation between the CL and PL emissions from the perovskite NPs (Per NPs), for the first time. Per NPs are fabricated by a simple spin coating of perovskite precursor on the surface of metal-assisted-chemically-etched mesoporous Si NWs array. The Per NPs confined in the mesopores show blue shifted and enhanced CL emission as compared to the bare perovskite film, while the PL intensity of Per NPs dramatically high compared to its bulk counterpart. A systematic analysis of the CL/PL spectra reveals that the quantum confinement effect and ultra-low defects in Per NPs are mainly responsible for the enhanced CL and PL emissions. Low-temperature PL and time-resolved PL analysis confirm the high exciton binding energy and radiative recombination in Per NPs. The room temperature PL quantum yield of the Per NPs film on the NW template was found to be 40.5 %, while that of Per film was 2.8%. The Per NPs show improved ambient air-stability than the bare film due to the protection provided by the dense NW array, since dense NW array can slow down the lateral diffusion of oxygen and water molecules in Per NPs. Interestingly, the Si NW/Per NPs junction shows superior visible light photodetection and the prototype photodetector shows a high responsivity (0.223 A/W) with a response speed of 0.32 sec and 0.28 sec of growth and decay in photocurrent, respectively, at 2V applied bias, which is significantly better than the reported photodetectors based on CH3NH3PbBr3 nanostructures. This work demonstrates a low-cost fabrication of CH3NH3PbBr3 NPs on a novel porous NW template, which shows excellent photophysical and optoelectronic properties with superior ambient stability.
关键词： Perovskite Nanoparticles,PL QY enhancement,Porous Si Nanowires,Fast Photoresponse,CL Enhancement
更新于2025-11-21 11:01:37
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Highly sensitive and selective label-free detection of dopamine in human serum based on nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots decorated on Au nanoparticles: Mechanistic insights through microscopic and spectroscopic studies
摘要： A rapid, facile and label-free sensing strategy is developed for the detection of dopamine (DA) in the real samples by exploiting nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) decorated on Au nanoparticles (Au@N-GQD). The as-grown Au@N-GQD exhibits strong blue fluorescence at room temperature and the fluorescence intensity is drastically quenched in presence of DA in neutral medium. The mechanistic insight into the DA sensing by Au@N-GQDs is explored here by careful monitoring of the evolution of the interaction of Au NPs and N-GQDs with DA under different conditions through electron microscopic and spectroscopic studies. The highly sensitive and selective detection of DA over a wide range is attributed to the unique core-shell structure formation with Au@N-GQD hybrids. The quenching mechanism involves the ground state complex formation as well as electron transfer from N-GQDs. The presence of Au NPs in Au@N-GQD hybrids accelerates the quenching process (~14 fold higher than bare N-GQDs) by the formation of stable dopamine-o-quinone (DQ) in this present detection scheme. The fluorescence quenching follows the linear Stern-Volmer plot in the range 0-100 μM, establishing its efficacy as a fluorescence-based DA sensor with a limit of detection (LOD) 590 nM, which is ~27 fold lower than the lowest abnormal concentration of DA in serum (16 μM). This sensing scheme is also successively applied to trace DA in Brahmaputra river water sample with LOD 480 nM including its satisfactory recovery (95-112%). Our studies reveal a novel sensing pathway for DA through the core-shell structure formation and it is highly promising for the design of efficient biological and environmental sensor.
关键词： Dopamine,Fluorescence quenching,Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots,Colorimetric sensing,Core-shell structure,Gold nanoparticles
更新于2025-11-21 11:01:37
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Cu nanoclusters in ion exchanged soda-lime glass: Study of SPR and nonlinear optical behavior for photonics
摘要： Nanomaterials with large optical nonlinearities have received considerable attention in the field of modern science and nanotechnology. In this paper, we have studied nonlinear optical and surface plasmon resonance properties and behavior of Cu nanoclusters formed in ion exchanged soda-lime glass. The soda-lime glasses were successfully doped with Cu nanoclusters in the ion-exchange process. The size of the clusters estimated from the optical absorption spectroscopy results closely matched with those obtained from the transmission electron microscopy data. The results revealed that spherical shaped Cu nanoclusters were homogeneously distributed in the glass matrix and the size of the Cu nanoclusters varied from 4 to 10 nm. The structure and chemical state were further analyzed by X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The nonlinear optical behavior of the materials was analyzed using femtosecond Z-scan technique. The nonlinear refraction index (n2), nonlinear absorption coefficient (β) and the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility (χ(3)) were estimated to be -1.72 × 10?17 m2/W, 9.96 × 10?11 m/W, and 0.56 × 10?11 esu, respectively, which shows possible application in the field of photonics.
关键词： Surface plasmon resonance,Z-scan technique,Metal forming and shaping,Structural,Nanoparticles
更新于2025-11-20 15:33:11
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Laser-driven structural transformations in dextran- <i>graft</i> -PNIPAM copolymer/Au nanoparticles hybrid nanosystem: the role of plasmon heating and attractive optical forces
摘要： Laser induced structural transformations in a dextran grafted-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) copolymer/Au nanoparticles (D-g-PNIPAM/AuNPs) hybrid nanosystem in water have been observed. The laser induced local plasmonic heating of Au NPs leads to Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST) phase transition in D-g-PNIPAM/AuNPs macromolecules accompanied by their shrinking and aggregation. The hysteresis non-reversible character of the structural transformation in D-g-PNIPAM/AuNPs system has been observed at the decrease of laser intensity, i.e. the aggregates remains in solution after the turn-off the laser illumination. This is an essential difference comparing to the case of usual heating–cooling cycles when there is no formation of aggregates and structural transformations are reversible. Such a fundamental difference has been rationalized as the result of action of attractive optical forces arising due to the excitation of surface plasmons in Au NPs. The attractive plasmonic forces facilitate the formation of the aggregates and counteract their destruction. The laser induced structural transformations have been found to be very sensitive to matching conditions of the resonance of the laser light with surface plasmon resonance proving the plasmonic nature of observed phenomena.
关键词： Plasmon heating,Attractive optical forces,LCST phase transition,Au nanoparticles,Laser induced structural transformations,Dextran-graft-PNIPAM copolymer
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Visible-Light Plasmonic Enhancement of Catalytic Activity of Anisotropic Silver Nanoparticles
摘要： Synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in presence of copper salt (as the etchant) led to the formation of nanoparticle samples with different fractions of anisotropic particles. The proportion of anisotropic nanoparticles decreased with increase in ratio of precursor Cu salt in the preparation protocol. These AgNPs samples were found to catalyse p-nitrophenol reduction by glycerol and Fenton oxidation of methyl orange. The catalytic activity of these AgNPs samples for these reactions increased with the fraction of anisotropic nanoparticles in the catalyst samples. On conducting these reactions under cool white LED visible light, the catalytic activity of AgNPs catalyst samples increased by 2 to 3 times compared to that observed in dark. The photo-Fenton MO degradation catalytic activity obtained is among the best reported in literature. However, the order of the reaction did not change whether the reaction was conducted under visible light or in dark. Direct plasmonic catalytic mechanisms are proposed to explain the enhancement in reactivity under visible light.
关键词： Plasmonic Photocatalysis,Visible Light,Anisotropic Silver Nanoparticles
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Plasmonic Metasurfaces with Tunable Gap and Collective SPR Modes
摘要： Optical properties of a plasmonic metasurface made of a monolayer of gold nanoparticles in close proximity to an aluminum thin film were studied numerically and experimentally. Extinction spectra of the plasmonic metasurface were studied as functions of the thickness of a dielectric spacer between the monolayer of gold nanoparticles and the aluminum film in the visible wavelength range. The goal was to understand the excitation of a collective surface plasmon resonance (SPR) mode and a gap plasmon mode as well as their dependence on the spacer thickness, nanoparticles spacing and their size. By using finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) calculations we find that the SPR extinction peak first red-shifts and then splits into two peaks. The first extinction peak is associated with the collective SPR mode of the monolayer and it shifts to shorter wavelengths as the spacer layer decreases. As the spacer layer decreases from 35 nm to 7.5 nm, the second peak gradually appears in the extinction spectra of the metasurface. We assign the second peak to the gap mode. The gap mode first appears at around 620 nm or greater and it shifts to larger wavelength for larger nanoparticle spacing and size. The FDTD simulations are confirmed by an experimental examination of the dispersion curves of a similar multilayer system. The computational results match the experimental results and confirm the excitation of the two modes.
关键词： gap plasmon mode,surface plasmon resonance,Plasmonic metasurfaces,aluminum thin film,FDTD,gold nanoparticles
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Dopamine-Mediated Assembly of Citrate-Capped Plasmonic Nanoparticles into Stable Core-Shell Nanoworms for Intracellular Applications
摘要： Plasmonic nanochains, derived from the one-dimensional assembly of individual plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs), remain infrequently explored in biological investigations due to their limited colloidal stability, ineffective cellular uptake, and susceptibility to intracellular disassembly. We report the synthesis of polydopamine (PDA)-coated plasmonic “nanoworms” (NWs) by sonicating citrate-capped gold (Cit-Au) NPs in a concentrated dopamine (DA) solution under alkaline conditions. DA mediates the assembly of Cit-Au NPs into Au NWs within 1 min, and subsequent self-polymerization of DA for 60 min enables the growth of an outer conformal PDA shell that imparts stability to the inner Au NW structure in solution, yielding “core–shell” Au@PDA NWs with predominantly 4–5 Au cores per worm. Our method supports the preparation of monometallic Au@PDA NWs with different core sizes and bimetallic PDA-coated NWs with Au and silver cores. The protonated primary amine and catechol groups of DA, with their ability to interact with Cit anions via hydrogen bonding and electrostatic attraction, are critical to assembly. When compared to unassembled PDA-coated Au NPs, our Au@PDA NWs scatter visible light and absorb near-infrared light more intensely, and enter HeLa cancer cells more abundantly. Au@PDA NWs cross the cell membrane as intact entities primarily via macropinocytosis, mostly retain their inner NW structure and outer PDA shell inside the cell for 24 h, and do not induce noticeable cytotoxicity. We showcase three intracellular applications of Au@PDA NWs, including label-free dark-field scattering cell imaging, delivery of water-insoluble cargos without pronounced localization in acidic compartments, and photothermal killing of cancer cells.
关键词： 1D assembly,citrate-capped nanoparticles,polydopamine coating,photothermal killing,intracellular delivery,plasmonic nanoworms,dark-field scattering imaging
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Tuning the luminescence of nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquid and their use as a selective photoluminescence on–off–on probe for ascorbic acid detection
摘要： In this work, nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) were synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquid using Nd:YAG laser (532 nm). Graphite target was ablated in dimethylformamide, as solvent and nitrogen source, and the microstructure as well as optical properties of N-GQDs were studied. The N-GQDs structure consists of a graphitic core with oxygen and nitrogen functionalities and particle size about 3 nm, as demonstrated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The as-prepared N-GQDs structure was modified by solvothermal treatment at 65, 90 and 120 °C reducing the oxygen functional groups, adding nitrogen and restoring the π-conjugated structure of N-GQD. The N-GQDs exhibit UV-Vis absorption spectrum with the characteristic π-π* and n – π* electronic transitions of the GQDs with a large amount of oxygen and nitrogen functionalities. These N-GQDs exhibited a visible light photoluminescence centered at 486 nm upon an excitation of 410 nm and the photoluminescence intensity enhanced up to 4.05% of quantum yield after solvothermal treatment. The N-GQDs dispersion was used for selective detection of ascorbic acid, through a signal-off and signal-on system. The results show the use of N-GQDs as a competent photoluminescence sensor for metal ions and ascorbic acid.
关键词： Fluorescence quenching,electron transfer,carbon nanoparticles
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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One-Step Photochemical Synthesis of Transition Metal - Graphene Hybrid for Electrocatalysis
摘要： For widespread use of renewable energy such as water splitting, the development of electrocatalysts on a large-scale at a low-cost that remains safe and environmentally friendly is still a great challenge. Here, we report the use of α-aminoalkyl radicals in a one-step procedure that synthesizes transition metal nanoparticle - graphene composites via photoreduction. The organic photocatalyst 2-Methyl-1-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]-2-(morpholinyl) phenyl]-1-butanone (I-907) undergoes Norrish Type I photocleavage to generate strongly reducing α-aminoalkyl radicals, when exposed to UVA. For the first time we demonstrate its ability to reduce graphene oxide (GO) and successfully synthesize Co3O4 nanoparticles decorated on graphene (Co3O4NP-rGO). The α-aminoalkyl radicals simultaneously reduce GO and Co2+ salts which nucleates on the negatively charged GO sheets and grows to form nanoparticles. The resulting Co3O4NP-rGO showed decent catalytic activity and stability for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER). Our work introduces a new and environmentally friendly synthesis procedure that can be used to produce earth abundant transition metal electrocatalysts.
关键词： photochemical synthesis,reduced graphene oxide,Graphene oxide,α-aminoalkyl radicals,water oxidation,metal nanoparticles
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:35