{"title":"Determination of barium ions by SERS using silver nanoparticles","authors":"Tatjana Charkova","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoso.2025.101511","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Barium and derivatives are widely used in various industries and enter the environment from water, biological, and industrial sources. Acute, chronic, and fatal effects of barium poisoning in humans have been identified. Therefore, more sensitive methods for detecting barium ions are being sought. The determination of barium ions by SERS is reported here. The method requires specifically functionalized plasmonic nanomaterials. The research describes a chemical reduction synthesis of spherical silver nanoparticles (55 ± 5 nm), their functionalization with 4-mercaptophenylacetic acid (MPAA), and the interaction of nanoparticles with barium ions. The experiments reveal morphological changes in nanostructures due to Ba(II) binding. The formation of the aggregated Ag-MPAA-Ba complex is shown visually and proven by UV-Vis, TEM, SERS data. The complex enhances the Raman signals of MPAA, allowing the detection of 10<sup>–15</sup> M Ba(II) and develops the potential of the method for future analytical applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":397,"journal":{"name":"Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 101511"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4500,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects","FirstCategoryId":"1","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352507X25000812","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Physics and Astronomy","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Barium and derivatives are widely used in various industries and enter the environment from water, biological, and industrial sources. Acute, chronic, and fatal effects of barium poisoning in humans have been identified. Therefore, more sensitive methods for detecting barium ions are being sought. The determination of barium ions by SERS is reported here. The method requires specifically functionalized plasmonic nanomaterials. The research describes a chemical reduction synthesis of spherical silver nanoparticles (55 ± 5 nm), their functionalization with 4-mercaptophenylacetic acid (MPAA), and the interaction of nanoparticles with barium ions. The experiments reveal morphological changes in nanostructures due to Ba(II) binding. The formation of the aggregated Ag-MPAA-Ba complex is shown visually and proven by UV-Vis, TEM, SERS data. The complex enhances the Raman signals of MPAA, allowing the detection of 10–15 M Ba(II) and develops the potential of the method for future analytical applications.
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Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects is a new journal devoted to all aspects of the synthesis and the properties of this new flourishing domain. The journal is devoted to novel architectures at the nano-level with an emphasis on new synthesis and characterization methods. The journal is focused on the objects rather than on their applications. However, the research for new applications of original nano-structures & nano-objects in various fields such as nano-electronics, energy conversion, catalysis, drug delivery and nano-medicine is also welcome. The scope of Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects involves: -Metal and alloy nanoparticles with complex nanostructures such as shape control, core-shell and dumbells -Oxide nanoparticles and nanostructures, with complex oxide/metal, oxide/surface and oxide /organic interfaces -Inorganic semi-conducting nanoparticles (quantum dots) with an emphasis on new phases, structures, shapes and complexity -Nanostructures involving molecular inorganic species such as nanoparticles of coordination compounds, molecular magnets, spin transition nanoparticles etc. or organic nano-objects, in particular for molecular electronics -Nanostructured materials such as nano-MOFs and nano-zeolites -Hetero-junctions between molecules and nano-objects, between different nano-objects & nanostructures or between nano-objects & nanostructures and surfaces -Methods of characterization specific of the nano size or adapted for the nano size such as X-ray and neutron scattering, light scattering, NMR, Raman, Plasmonics, near field microscopies, various TEM and SEM techniques, magnetic studies, etc .