najoNanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, MathematicsНаносистемы: физика, химия, математика2220-80542305-7971Университет ИТМО10.17586/22208054201785579585najo-609Research ArticlePHYSICSФИЗИКАVapor phase SERS sensor based on mesoporous silica decorated with silver nanoparticlesSarychevaA. S.

Philadelphia, PA 19104

SemenovaA. A.

Lenin Hills, Moscow

GoodilinE. A.

Lenin Hills, Moscow, 119991

goodilin@yandex.ruDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering and A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, Drexel UniversityUnited StatesLomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Materials ScienceRussian FederationLomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Materials Science; Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences SciencesRussian Federation20171208202585579–585Copyright © Sarycheva A.S., Semenova A.A., Goodilin E.A., 20252025Sarycheva A.S., Semenova A.A., Goodilin E.A.Sarycheva A.S., Semenova A.A., Goodilin E.A.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/609

For the first time, nanocomposite colloidosomes of mesoporous silica microspheres decorated with silver nanoparticles have been applied as a highly sensitive vapor phase optical sensors utilizing a semiquantitative analysis of surfaceenhanced Raman spectra (SERS). The material was prepared using soft chemistry approaches and benefits from the intrinsic properties of both components: the mesoporous structure of the silica microspheres allows for capillary condensation of target analytes while the silver nanoparticles favor the great enhancement of Raman fingerprints of thus trapped and preconcentrated analytes. This approach seems to be highly promising for the further development of express gas phase sensors for heterocyclic or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants.

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