SERS as a probe of surface chemistry enabled by surface-accessible plasmonic nanomaterials

Y Xu, Y Zhang, C Li, Z Ye, SEJ Bell - Accounts of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus When the size of materials is reduced, their volume decreases much faster than
their surface area, which in the most extreme case leads to 2D nanomaterials which are “all …

Combining surface-accessible Ag and Au colloidal nanomaterials with SERS for in situ analysis of molecule–metal interactions in complex solution environments

C Li, Y Zhang, Z Ye, SEJ Bell, Y Xu - Nature Protocols, 2023 - nature.com
The interactions between molecules and noble metal nanosurfaces play a central role in
many areas of nanotechnology. The surface chemistry of noble metal surfaces under ideal …

Photo‐self‐Fenton reaction mediated by atomically dispersed Ag− Co photocatalysts toward efficient degradation of organic pollutants

Z Lian, F Gao, H **ao, D Luo, M Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving the complete mineralization of persistent pollutants in wastewater is still a big
challenge. Here, we propose an efficient photo‐self‐Fenton reaction for the degradation of …

Atomically dispersed silver‐cobalt dual‐metal sites synergistically promoting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y Liu, Y Sun, E Zhao, W Yang, J Lin… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Regulating the coordination environment of single‐atom sites is of high necessity to promote
the catalytic performances of the photocatalysts. Herein, the preparation of atomically …

Rational synthesis of Au–CdS composite photocatalysts for broad-spectrum photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Z Xu, W Yue, C Li, L Wang, Y Xu, Z Ye, J Zhang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Incorporation of plasmonic metal nanomaterials can significantly enhance the visible light
response of semiconductor photocatalysts via localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) …

General approach to surface-accessible plasmonic Pickering emulsions for SERS sensing and interfacial catalysis

Y Zhang, Z Ye, C Li, Q Chen, W Aljuhani… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pickering emulsions represent an important class of functional materials with potential
applications in sustainability and healthcare. Currently, the synthesis of Pickering emulsions …

All-hot-spot bulk Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrates: attomolar detection of adsorbates with designer plasmonic nanoparticles

Q Zhao, H Hilal, J Kim, W Park… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here we report a synthetic pathway toward Au truncated octahedral dual-rim nanoframes
wherein two functional facets are formed including (1) eight hot nanogaps formed by …

Boosting electromagnetic enhancement for detection of non-adsorbing analytes on semiconductor SERS substrates

X Liu, Z Ye, Q **ang, Z Xu, W Yue, C Li, Y Xu, L Wang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful technique that has found
applications in many research fields. As promising alternatives to the current most popular …

Synergistic photothermal-photodynamic-chemotherapy toward breast cancer based on a liposome-coated core–shell AuNS@ NMOFs nanocomposite encapsulated …

RT Li, YD Zhu, WY Li, YK Hou, YM Zou… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
A multifunctional nanoplatform with core–shell structure was constructed in one-pot for the
synergistic photothermal, photodynamic, and chemotherapy against breast cancer. In the …

Carbonized wood impregnated with bimetallic nanoparticles as a monolithic continuous-flow microreactor for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Q Zhang, RJ Somerville, L Chen, Y Yu, Z Fei… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Porous monolithic microreactors show great promise in catalytic applications, but are usually
based on non-renewable materials. Herein, we demonstrate a Ni/Au nanoparticle-decorated …