Semiconductor Superstructures with Multiple Synergistic Resonances for SERS Exploring Multiplex Noncovalent Interactions

IF 9.6 1区材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Nano Letters Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c00724

Jiaojiao Zhao, Lei Sun, Yumiao Dong, Yixuan Chang, Haisu Wang, Zonghao Liu, Junbo Li, Yunfei Xie, Wei Ji

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Abstract

Noncovalent interactions (NCIs) are crucial for biological bond-forming events and have significant applications across various branches of chemistry. Here, we demonstrate for the first time the identification of multiple NCIs between two interacting species using semiconductor-based surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. This was accomplished by designing submicrometer-sized TiO₂ superstructures with synergistic effects of Mie and charge-transfer resonances for SERS enhancement, enabling the TiO₂/4-mercaptobenzoic acid (MBA) system to achieve both high SERS activity and interfacial charge-transfer sensitivity. The results clearly indicate that the vibrational frequencies of MBA shift in correlation with various intermolecular interactions from hydrogen-bonding to ionic interactions. Multiple SERS analyses of NCIs were conducted for both the four DNA bases and single-stranded DNA sequences. Additionally, we performed a proof-of-concept study utilizing the relative SERS intensity to detect the relative content of two bases in single-stranded DNA sequences. This study unlocks potential applications of semiconductor SERS for exploring intermolecular-specific interactions.

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非共价相互作用（NCIs）是生物键形成事件的关键，在化学的各个领域都有重要应用。在这里，我们首次展示了利用基于半导体的表面增强拉曼散射（SERS）光谱鉴定两种相互作用物种之间的多重非共价相互作用。这是通过设计具有米氏共振和电荷转移共振协同效应的亚微米级二氧化钛超结构来增强 SERS，从而使二氧化钛/4-巯基苯甲酸（MBA）体系同时具有高 SERS 活性和界面电荷转移灵敏度。研究结果清楚地表明，MBA 的振动频率与分子间从氢键到离子相互作用的各种相互作用相关。我们针对四种 DNA 碱基和单链 DNA 序列对 NCIs 进行了多次 SERS 分析。此外，我们还进行了一项概念验证研究，利用相对 SERS 强度检测单链 DNA 序列中两种碱基的相对含量。这项研究揭示了半导体 SERS 在探索分子间特异性相互作用方面的潜在应用。

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Nano Letters 工程技术-材料科学：综合

CiteScore

16.80

自引率

2.80%

发文量

1182

审稿时长

1.4 months

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