Issue 15, 2011

Modification of Ag nanoparticles with mixed thiols for improved SERS detection of poorly adsorbing target molecules: detection of MDMA

Abstract

Here we report an example of a mixed thiol monolayer on the surface of Ag nanoparticles which promotes adsorption and quantitative SERS detection of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “Ecstasy”); the thiols in the mixed monolayers act synergistically since MDMA does not adsorb onto colloids modified with either of the thiols separately.

Graphical abstract: Modification of Ag nanoparticles with mixed thiols for improved SERS detection of poorly adsorbing target molecules: detection of MDMA

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Dec 2010
Accepted
15 Feb 2011
First published
09 Mar 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 4523-4525

Modification of Ag nanoparticles with mixed thiols for improved SERS detection of poorly adsorbing target molecules: detection of MDMA

A. Stewart and S. E. J. Bell, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 4523 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05312K

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