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Nanostructured Assemblies of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Plasmon Enhanced Spectroscopy Using Living Biotemplates

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Author(s):
Kubo, Andressa M. [1] ; Gorup, Luiz F. [1] ; Toffano, Leonardo [1] ; Amaral, Luciana S. [1] ; Rodrigues-Filho, Edson [1] ; Mohan, Haider [2] ; Aroca, Ricardo [2] ; Camargo, Emerson R. [1]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] UFSCar Fed Univ Sao Carlos, Dept Chem, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Windsor, Dept Chem & Biochem, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4 - Canada
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES; v. 1, n. 1 DEC 2017.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

The ability to control the assembly of nanoparticles on substrates used in plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy continues to drive research in the field of nanofabrication. Here we describe the use of fungi as soft biotemplates to fabricate nanostructured microtubules with gold and gold-silver nanoparticles with potential applications as sensors and biosensors. In the first step, spores of the filamentous fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum were inoculated in a suspension of gold nanoparticles, forming stable microtubules of gold nanoparticles during fungus growth. These materials were exposed to a second suspension of silver nanoparticles, resulting in complexes multilayers structures of gold and silver nanoparticles, which were evaluated as substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) using small amounts of thiophenol as probe molecules directly on the microtubules. Both gold and the gold-silver substrates provide the SERS effect. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/13958-3 - Nanocomposite biomaterials based on thermoresponsive HIDROGELS
Grantee:Emerson Rodrigues de Camargo
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 13/07296-2 - CDMF - Center for the Development of Functional Materials
Grantee:Elson Longo da Silva
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC