Abstract
In this study, in situ generation of Ag nanostructures with various morphology on poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) brushes grafted onto graphene oxide (GO), for use as substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), is demonstrated. The overall synthetic strategy involves the loading of Ag precursor ions ((Ag+ and [Ag(NH3)2]+) onto PAA brush-grafted GO, followed by their in situ reduction to Ag nanostructures of various morphology using a reducing agent (NaBH4 or ascorbic acid). Novel 3D hierarchical flowerlike Ag nanostructures were obtained by using AgNO3 as precursor and ascorbic acid as reducing agent. Using 4-aminothiophenol as probe molecules, the as-prepared hierarchical Ag nanostructures exhibited excellent SERS performance, providing enhancement factors of ∼107.
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