Chemical Mechanism-Dominated and Reporter-Tunable Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering via Directional Supramolecular Assembly

Zhaoyin Wang, Lili Huang, Min Zhang, Zijun Li, Lei Wang, Haozhe Jin, Xijiao Mu, Zhihui Dai

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Abstract

Molecular resonance can be strengthened by charge transfer, profiting chemical mechanism (CM)-related surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Herein a supramolecular assembly enabled SERS system is established by functionalizing para-sulfonatocalix[4]arene (pSC4) onto Au3Cu nanocrystals (NCs). Due to the cooperation of Au and Cu, pSC4 is directionally assembled on the surface of Au3Cu NCs via van der Waals force, enabling photoinduced and hydrogen bond-induced charge transfer, which remarkably enhances the Raman scattering of methylene blue (MB) captured by pSC4. In particular, for the C-N and C-C stretching of MB, the contributions of resonance Raman scattering increase up to 80%. In addition, the SERS system is able to display affinities of different host-guest interactions, and further employed to evaluate effects of drugs for Alzheimer's disease. In this work, charge transfer is realized by performing supramolecular assembly on the surface of plasmonic nanomaterials, providing an avenue to design CM-related and reporter-tunable SERS systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17330-17335
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume144
Issue number38
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Sep 2022
Externally publishedYes

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