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Surface enhanced Raman scattering of nano diamond using visible‐light‐activated TiO 2 as a catalyst to photo‐reduce nano‐structured silver from AgNO 3 as SERS‐active substrate
Author(s) -
Hong Z.C.,
Perevedentseva E.,
Treschev S.,
Wang J.B.,
Cheng C.L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.2223
Subject(s) - anatase , visible spectrum , raman spectroscopy , materials science , photocatalysis , silver nano , silver nanoparticle , rutile , substrate (aquarium) , titanium dioxide , raman scattering , carbon nitride , nano , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , catalysis , optoelectronics , chemistry , optics , biochemistry , physics , oceanography , engineering , geology , metallurgy , composite material
In this work, we demonstrate nano‐structured silver particles photo‐reduced from silver nitride (AgNO 3 ) solution using visible‐light‐activated titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), which can be a convenient and effective substrate for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) observation. Visible‐light‐activated carbon‐containing TiO 2 nanoparticles are applied to photo‐reduce and form nano‐structured silver from AgNO 3 upon visible‐light illumination. Photo‐reduced nano‐structured silver is used as an active substrate for SERS studies of TiO 2 as well as nano diamond and TiO 2 . The photo reduction of AgNO 3 and SERS observation can be obtained by simultaneously using the same visible laser excitation. The coexistence of the anatase phase with small admixture of the rutile phase in the TiO 2 can be observed using SERS. The carbon structure in the carbon‐containing TiO 2 was determined to be sp 2 type carbon bonding by SERS. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.