Carlos Alberto Ibarra-Becerra , Benjamín Portillo-Rodríguez , José Emanuel Aguilar-Delgado , José Daniel Sánchez-Vásquez , Raúl Balderas-Navarro , Carlos Manuel Guerra-Galicia , Marisol Reyes-Reyes
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We report a straightforward water-assisted chemical sintering to procedure a predominantly monoclinic (M) phase vanadium dioxide (VO2) powder-based substrate. This substrate was tested as a platform to enhance the Raman signal for the initial characterization of eicosane as an analyte. The Raman enhancement activity produced by VO2(M) powder was synthesized by reacting vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) with oxalic acid (H2C2O4) in a molar ratio of 1:5. The VO2 - 1:5 powder sample showed a lower crystallinity and higher solubility than the sample synthesized with a reduced concentration of oxalic acid. After signal magnification on the analyte-VO2 - 1:5 - H2O -substrate, the position and intensity of the observed Raman bands suggest an analyte-surface interaction through to the interplay of two enhancement mechanisms: charge transfer (chemical) and an electromagnetic (EM), possibly by oxygen vacancies. Furthermore, a possible route for an Enhancement Factor (EF) for eicosane on this surface type is discussed. The final data indicated that the proposed synthesis process is ideal for developing a surface with Raman enhancement activity, which is why it is suggested as a biomolecule detection platform.
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Ceramics International covers the science of advanced ceramic materials. The journal encourages contributions that demonstrate how an understanding of the basic chemical and physical phenomena may direct materials design and stimulate ideas for new or improved processing techniques, in order to obtain materials with desired structural features and properties.
Ceramics International covers oxide and non-oxide ceramics, functional glasses, glass ceramics, amorphous inorganic non-metallic materials (and their combinations with metal and organic materials), in the form of particulates, dense or porous bodies, thin/thick films and laminated, graded and composite structures. Process related topics such as ceramic-ceramic joints or joining ceramics with dissimilar materials, as well as surface finishing and conditioning are also covered. Besides traditional processing techniques, manufacturing routes of interest include innovative procedures benefiting from externally applied stresses, electromagnetic fields and energetic beams, as well as top-down and self-assembly nanotechnology approaches. In addition, the journal welcomes submissions on bio-inspired and bio-enabled materials designs, experimentally validated multi scale modelling and simulation for materials design, and the use of the most advanced chemical and physical characterization techniques of structure, properties and behaviour.
Technologically relevant low-dimensional systems are a particular focus of Ceramics International. These include 0, 1 and 2-D nanomaterials (also covering CNTs, graphene and related materials, and diamond-like carbons), their nanocomposites, as well as nano-hybrids and hierarchical multifunctional nanostructures that might integrate molecular, biological and electronic components.