Nanostructured copper coated carbon microelectrodes for SERS
sensing prepared by electrochemical/electrophoretic technique

D 2016

Nanostructured copper coated carbon microelectrodes for SERS sensing prepared by electrochemical/electrophoretic technique

HRBÁČ, Jan, Vladimír HALOUZKA, Barbora Agatha HALOUZKOVÁ, Eirini SIRANIDI, Athanassios KONTOS et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Nanostructured copper coated carbon microelectrodes for SERS sensing prepared by electrochemical/electrophoretic technique

Authors

HRBÁČ, Jan, Vladimír HALOUZKA, Barbora Agatha HALOUZKOVÁ, Eirini SIRANIDI, Athanassios KONTOS and Polycarpos FALARAS

Edition

1. vyd. Hague, 67th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, 1 pp. 2016

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

10403 Physical chemistry

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords (in Czech)

nanostrukturované mědí pokyrté uhlíkaté mikroelektrody; SERS; elektrodepozice; uhlíkové vláknové mikroelektrody

Keywords in English

nanostructured copper coated carbon microelectrodes; SERS; electrodeposition; carbon fiber microelectrodes

Abstract

V originále

We report on a novel method for fabricating nanostructured copper-coated carbon cylindrical fiber microelectrodes and show the high efficiency of these electrodes in SERS. Carbon fiber microelectrodes (CFMEs) can be utilized as highly sensitive miniaturized SERS substrates after coating with metal nanostructured layer. Thereby, we developed a facile technique enabling CFMEs to be modified with nanostructured copper layers. The procedure for CFME modification by copper is based on electrochemical/electrophoretic procedure, i.e. electrodeposition of the material formed by the dissolution of the anode. Copper wire was anodized in a two-electrode cell containing ultrapure water as the medium while the CFME was connected as the cathode, the interelectrode distance being 1 cm. Due to the low conductivity of ultrapure water, relatively high potentials (10–30 V) had to be employed to induce copper anodic dissolution. The formed anode-derived copper hydroxide is transferred towards the cathode by movement through the interelectrode space originating from the combined action of migration, diffusion and convection induced by thermal and density gradients. Reductive deposition occurs at the cathode, yielding nanostructured copper deposit in the form of mesh-like, random oriented copper nanowire network. The dimensions of nanowires, estimated from SEM image are 8-10 nm in diameter and several hundreds of nanometers in length. After coating the CFME with copper, the carbon-like Raman spectrum is significantly attenuated. Surface enhanced Raman spectra of rhodamine 6G standard were acquired at metal – solid interface by placing a drop (5µL) of its aqueous-ethanolic solution (50% v/v) onto Cu-coated CFME SERS substrate and evaporating the solvent. The performance of the substrate was also evaluated by testing its ability to obtain SERS from extremely diluted aqueous-alcoholic solutions of cathinone drugs. It was found that evaporating 5µL of 10-10 M solution of the substrate provides Raman spectrum with similar signal to noise ratio as the spectrum of 4-mephedrone powder, furthermore, main spectral features are detectable from10-12 M solutions.

Links

LD15058, research and development project

Name: Příprava substrátů pro povrchově zesílenou Ramanovu spektroskopii pomocí elektrochemických, elektroforetických a jiskrový výboj využívajících technik. (Acronym: ELE-SERS)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

HRBÁČ, Jan, Vladimír HALOUZKA, Barbora Agatha HALOUZKOVÁ, Eirini SIRANIDI, Athanassios KONTOS and Polycarpos FALARAS. Nanostructured copper coated carbon microelectrodes for SERS sensing prepared by electrochemical/electrophoretic technique. Online. In 67th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry. 1st ed. Hague, 2016, 1 pp.

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ER  -

HRBÁČ, Jan, Vladimír HALOUZKA, Barbora Agatha HALOUZKOVÁ, Eirini SIRANIDI, Athanassios KONTOS and Polycarpos FALARAS. Nanostructured copper coated carbon microelectrodes for SERS sensing prepared by electrochemical/electrophoretic technique. Online. In \textit{67th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry}. 1st ed. Hague, 2016, 1 pp.

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