Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (7): 1541.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20131252

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Synthesis of Ag/mSiO2 Hollow Microspheres for SERS-tags

REN Zhiyu*(), LI Zhongtao, DU Shichao, WU Jun, KONG Lingjun, FU Honggang   

  1. Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
  • Received:2013-12-19 Online:2014-07-10 Published:2014-04-29
  • Contact: REN Zhiyu E-mail:zyren@hlju.edu.cn

Abstract:

Ag/mSiO2 hollow microspheres were synthesized via the following steps. Monodisperse polystyrene(PS) colloidal microspheres were coated with Ag nanoparticles through in situ reduction and growing seeds. The composite microspheres were then controllably coated with mesoporous silica shell using cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide(CTAB) as pore-forming agent. After getting rid of template, Ag/mSiO2 hollow microspheres were obtained. To actualize SERS-tags detection, the hollow microspheres were subsequently tagged with 4-ATP via siphonage effect. Due to the air-resistance effect of mesoporous channel and light’s multiple scattering in the interior of hollow microspheres, the obtained SERS-tags material showed low limit of detection and high stability.

Key words: Ag, Mesoporous silica, Hollow microspheres, SERS-tags

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