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Multi-functional regenerated cellulose fibers decorated with plasmonic Au nanoparticles for colorimetry and SERS assays

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Multi-functional cellulose fiber-Au composites were fabricated through a simple and cost-effective procedure by decorating regenerated cellulose fibers with Au nanoparticles. The cellulose fibers were regenerated from waste paper through the Ioncell-F process, an environmental friendly approach. After grafting positive charge, the surface of the cellulose fibers were decorated with citrate-stabilized plasmonic Au nanoparticles (NPs). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and optical images were used to characterize the regenerated cellulose fibers and fiber-Au NP composites. The fiber-Au composites exhibited different colors as the localized surface plasmon resonance property of Au NPs, which enables visual sensing of the water content in the fiber-Au composites through a colorimetric method. Furthermore, the regenerated cellulose fiber-Au composite was used as an enhanced substrate for the sensing of malachite green via surface-enhanced Raman scattering, in which the limit of detection was lower than 10 ppb. The multi-functional cellulose fibers are potentially suitable for the detection of toxins and the monitoring of water quality.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the support from the talent scientific research Fund of LSHU (No. 2017XJJ-037), the United States National Institutes of Health under Grant No. 1R21DA0437131 and the Unites States Department of Agriculture under Grant No. 2017-67021-26606. The authors also thank Ms. Rita Hatakka for her kind help with the experimental work, and Dr. Mehedi Reza is thanked for his help with TEM and SEM imaging. We also thank Dr. Leena-Sisko Johansson for help with XPS measurements.

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  1. College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Environment Engineering, Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun, 113001, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China

    Qian Yu, Xianming Kong & Rui Wang

  2. Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, 00076, Aalto, Finland

    Yibo Ma & Tapani Vuorinen

  3. Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, Shandong, China

    Qing Liu

  4. Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Juan P. Hinestroza

  5. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    Alan X. Wang

  6. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, Shandong, China

    Qing Liu

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Yu, Q., Kong, X., Ma, Y. et al. Multi-functional regenerated cellulose fibers decorated with plasmonic Au nanoparticles for colorimetry and SERS assays. Cellulose 25, 6041–6053 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1987-9

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