Issue 23, 2021

Recent advances in plasmonic Prussian blue-based SERS nanotags for biological application

Abstract

The reliability and reproducibility of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technology is still a great challenge in bio-related analysis. Prussian blue (PB)-based SERS tags have attracted increasing interest for improving these deficiencies due to its unique Raman band (near 2156 cm−1) in the Raman-silent region, providing zero-background bio-Raman labels without interference from endogenous biomolecules. Moreover, the stable PB shell consisting of multiple layers of CN reporters ensure a stable and strong Raman signal output, avoiding the desorption of the Raman reporter from the plasmonic region by the competitive adsorption of the analyte. More importantly, they possess outstanding multiplexing potential in biological analysis owing to the adjustable Raman shift with unique narrow spectral widths. Despite more attention having been attracted to the structure and preparation of PB-based SERS tags for their better biological applications over the past five years, there is still a great challenge for SERS suitable for applications in the actual environment. The biological applications of PB-based SERS tags are comprehensively recounted in this minireview, mainly focusing on quantification analysis, multiple-spectral analysis and cell-imaging joint phototherapy. The prospects of PB-based SERS tags in clinical diagnosis and treatment are also discussed. This review aims to draw attention to the importance of SERS tags and provide a reference for the design and application of PB-based SERS tags in future bio-applications.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in plasmonic Prussian blue-based SERS nanotags for biological application

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
21 iyn 2021
Accepted
19 okt 2021
First published
21 okt 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 6568-6579

Recent advances in plasmonic Prussian blue-based SERS nanotags for biological application

Y. Liu, W. Zhu, J. Hu and A. Shen, Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 6568 DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00464F

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