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A surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) method has been developed to determine the concentration of trichloroethylene (TCE) in environmental water. Au-core/Ag-shell nanoparticles containing 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid (4-MPBA) between the core and shell are used as the SERS substrate. 4-MPBA serves as an internal reference with a Raman shift at 534 cm−1. TCE reacts with 4-mercaptopyridine (4-MPy) in a so-called Fujiwara reaction. With the presence of TCE in water, the consumption of 4-MPy results in a change in the intensity of its Raman signal at 1220 cm−1. The ratio of the Raman shift at 1220 cm−1 and 534 cm−1 decreases linearly in the 0.2 to 1.0 μM TCE concentration range, and the detection limit of TCE is as low as 8 ppb (60 nM). The method has been successfully applied to the determination of TCE in spiked lake water.
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This work is partially supported by the US National Science Foundation (CBET-1065633).
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Yu, Z., Smith, M.E., Zhang, J. et al. Determination of trichloroethylene by using self-referenced SERS and gold-core/silver-shell nanoparticles. Microchim Acta 185, 330 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-018-2870-y
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