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High-performance SERS detection of pesticides using BiOCl-BiOBr@Pt/Au hybrid nanostructures on styrofoams as 3D functional substrate

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A 3D flexible domestic waste styrofoam is reported as a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate loaded with BiOCl-BiOBr@Pt/Au semiconductor-plasmonic composites. The hydrothermally prepared BiOCl-BiOBr nanocomposite is thoroughly characterized for its crystal structure using X-Ray diffraction, morphology through scanning electron microscopy, and electronic states of the elements using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The alpha cypermethrin (ACM) is chosen as a model pesticide analyte for SERS investigation. The BiOCl-BiOBr@Pt/Au loaded foam substrate exhibited a high enhancement factor (106) and low limit of detection (10−10 M) upon SERS investigation. The unique architecture of the semiconductor-plasmonic composite enables an efficient charge transfer capability and plasmonic hotspots which aids in the enhancement of target analytes. In order to better demonstrate the versatility towards other pesticides, SERS detection of glyphosate and paraquat pesticides are also performed using the fabricated SERS substrate. The stability of the substrate has been investigated in detail for 30 days and the substrate was highly stable. The BiOCl-BiOBr@Pt/Au-based foam substrate also performed well in rapid real-time sensing of alpha cypermethrin on the kiwi fruit exocarp at lower level concentrations.

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This work is jointly supported by the projects from NTUT-NUST-109-01 and NSFC51872141, National Taipei University of Technology and Nanjing University of Science and Technology. This project is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 107-2113-M-027-005-MY3), Taiwan. This work is funded by the Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSP-2020/138) King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Ramachandran Balaji, Renganathan Vengudusamy, Shen-Ming Chen & Tse-Wei Chen

  2. Research and Development Center for Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Tse-Wei Chen

  3. Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China

    Xiaoheng Liu

  4. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammad Rizwan Khan, Zeid A. ALOthman & Saikh Mohammad Wabaidur

  5. Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammad Ajmal Ali

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Balaji, R., Vengudusamy, R., Chen, SM. et al. High-performance SERS detection of pesticides using BiOCl-BiOBr@Pt/Au hybrid nanostructures on styrofoams as 3D functional substrate. Microchim Acta 187, 580 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-020-04558-3

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