1
|
Sherpa L, Nimmala A, Rao SVSN, Khan SA, Pathak AP, Tripathi A, Tiwari A. Refining shape and size of silver nanoparticles using ion irradiation for enhanced and homogeneous SERS activity. Discov Nano 2024; 19:51. [PMID: 38502359 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-024-03994-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
Abstract
We present green synthesis of silver nanoparticles in water using unirradiated and Ag15 + ion irradiated phytoextracts of Bergenia Ciliata leaf, Eupatorium adenophorum leaf, Rhododendron arboreum leaf and flower. The use of different plant extracts and their subsequent ion irradiation allow for successful refinement of nanoparticle size and morphology. Due to changes in reducing and capping agents the nanoparticle surface functionalization also varies which not only controls the morphology but also allows for surface oxidation and aggregation processes. In this work, we have synthesized silver nanoparticles which exhibit sizes in the range from 13 to 24 nm and having shapes like spherical, quasispherical, trigonal, hexagonal, cylindrical, dendritic assemblies, and porous nanoparticles. Owing to changes in the size and shape of the nanoparticles, their direct bandgap (2.05 eV - 2.48 eV) and local surface plasmon resonance (420 nm - 490 nm) could also be tuned. These nanoparticles are examined as SERS substrates, where their enhancement factors, limit of detection for methylene blue, and SERS substrate homogeneity have been tested. It has been observed the nanoparticles synthesized using unirradiated plant extracts present an enhancement factor of 106 with a limit of detection 10- 8 M. Whereas nanoparticles with refined morphology and shapes upon irradiation present high enhancement factors of >107 and detection limit down to 10- 9 M. In addition, uniformity in Raman spectra over the SERS substrates has been obtained for selected Ag NPs substrates synthesized using irradiated extracts with minimum relative standard deviation in enhancement factor < 12%.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Laden Sherpa
- Department of Physics, Sikkim University, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim, 737102, India
| | - Arun Nimmala
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Electronics Science and Technology (CASEST), School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500046, India
| | - S V S Nageswara Rao
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Electronics Science and Technology (CASEST), School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500046, India
| | - S A Khan
- Inter University Accelerator Centre, (IUAC), New Delhi, New Delhi, 110067, India
| | - Anand P Pathak
- School of Physics University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 5000046, India
| | - Ajay Tripathi
- Department of Physics, Sikkim University, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim, 737102, India
| | - Archana Tiwari
- Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 221005, India.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Sherpa L, Arun N, Nageswara Rao S, Khan S, Pathak A, Tripathi A, Tiwari A. 200 MeV Ag ion irradiation mediated green synthesis and self assembly of silver nanoparticles into dendrites for enhanced SERS applications. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.109966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
|