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Magnetic ferroferric oxide/phenolic resin/silver core–shell nanocomposite as recyclable substrates for enhancing surface-enhanced Raman scattering

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With the development of nanotechnology, the preparation method of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate has made significant progress, which promotes the application of SERS in food safety, environmental protection, and medical testing. We reported on the fabrication of silver-coated magnetic Fe3O4@phenolic resin (Fe3O4@RF) core–shell particles by a facile solvothermal method, followed by deposition of high-density Ag nanoparticles onto the phenolic resin surfaces through an in-situ reduction process. Analysis of Raman spectroscopy was performed by laser Raman spectrometer. The as-synthesized Ag-coated Fe3O4@RF particles as sensitive SERS substrates showed outstanding SERS performances toward probe molecules of 4-aminothiophenolas with a detection limit of 1 × 10–9 mol L–1. Moreover, the enhancement factor of the substrate was calculated to be about 2.86 × 105. Importantly, profiting from the excellent magnetism, the signal attenuated slightly only after three cycles measurements of SERS based on such composite substrates, indicating that Fe3O4@RF@Ag magnetic composite microspheres possessed the outstanding repeatability. On the basis of these results, it is believed that such Fe3O4@RF@Ag substrates are promising for the reusable detection of toxic molecules in practical applications.

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  • The Fe3O4@RF@Ag composite microspheres were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis method.

  • The composites exhibit SERS performances with a detection limit of 1 × 10–9 mol L–1.

  • The Fe3O4@RF@Ag magnetic microspheres possess the outstanding repeatability.

  • The calculated enhancement factor of the substrate is about 2.86 × 105.

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Acknowledgements

The work described in this paper was supported by Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (ZR2012EMM009 and ZR2018MEM012), the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Science and Technology of Ministry of Education/Shandong Province of China (No. KF201602), the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Scholars in Jinan (20100406), National Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates (201610431033 and 201810431008), Qilu University of Technology International Cooperation Fund (QLUTGJHZ2018025), and National Natural Science Foundations of China (31570566, 31500489, 51403111, and 51503107).

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W-LL and F-GK supervised this research; including originality, experimental design, data analysis, and manuscript writing; Y-FW, M-MR, and S-JW assisted D-SL in all related areas. KY checked some experiments.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Key Laboratory of Amorphous and Polycrystalline Materials, Key Laboratory of Processing and Testing Technology of Glass Functional Ceramics of Shandong Province, 250353, Jinan, P. R. China

    Dong-Shuai Li, Yi-Fan Wang, Wei-Liang Liu, Man-Man Ren, Ke Yue & Qinghu Meng

  2. Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 230031, Hefei, P. R. China

    Bo Liu

  3. University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, P. R. China

    Bo Liu

  4. State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper Science and Technology of Shandong Province/Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, P. R. China

    Fan-Gong Kong & Shou-Juan Wang

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Li, DS., Liu, B., Wang, YF. et al. Magnetic ferroferric oxide/phenolic resin/silver core–shell nanocomposite as recyclable substrates for enhancing surface-enhanced Raman scattering. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 92, 124–133 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-019-05093-1

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