Step‐by‐Step Design and Synthesis of Au@SiO2@Phenyl‐azathiacrown for SERS‐Based Specific Quantification of Inorganic Mercury
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Direct SERS-based quantification of inorganic metal species has been a problem, because they have a small Raman cross-section or even no vibrational mode. Here, we report a new strategy for SERS-based quantification of such metal species, as exemplified by inorganic mercury (HgII) in waters. Step-by-step design and synthesis from azathioethers [3, 9-dithia-6-monoazaundecane (DMA) and 3,6,12,15-tetrathia-9-monoazaheptadecane (TTM)] to an azathiacrown [7-aza-1,4,10,13-tetrathiacyclohexadecane (NS4)] demonstrate an improved S-pulling effect and size-fit specificity towards HgII to form Hg-S bonds. Modification of NS4 on the surface of Au@SiO2 by using a 4-(bromomethyl)benzoic linker enabled direct SERS-based specific quantification of HgII for the first time, in which the ultrathin layer (ca. 2 nm) that covered the Au core (55 nm) could be a barrier preventing the Au core from having direct interaction with the HgII, and with phenyl serving as an internal standard (IS). The ratio of the Hg-S SERS band intensity at 270 cm-1 to that of IS [(γCC+γCCC) at 1046 cm-1] was practically proportional to the concentration of HgII, eliminating the inevitable uncertainties encountered in SERS-based measurements. Such a methodology is expected to pave a new way for SERS-based quantification of inorganic metal species when specific complexing substrates and suitable ISs are designed.
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Back Cover: Step‐by‐Step Design and Synthesis of Au@SiO2@Phenyl‐azathiacrown for SERS‐Based Specific Quantification of Inorganic Mercury (ChemistryOpen 2/2017)
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