Abstract
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been used to investigate the adsorption of methamphetamine hydrochloride (MA) on AgNPs surfaces characterized by the dispersion of AgNPs on agarose gel (AgNPs/Agar). The AgNPs/Agar was characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) as being formed by AgNPs with a mean diameter of 13.5 nm. The AgNPs/Agar films presented a surface plasmon resonance absorption band centered at 421 nm. SERS spectra, excited at 632.8 nm, of MA adsorbed onto AgNPs/Agar films were recorded for MA concentrations down to 1.0 × 10−5 mol L-1. The results have also shown that MA adsorbs on the Ag surface forming ionic pairs with adsorbed chloride following a Frumkin adsorption isotherm with a ΔGads of −24 kJ mol-1 and a g parameter characteristic of attractive lateral interaction. The AgNPs/Agar SERS substrate was further evaluated for MA detection on latent fingerprints (LFP). The AgNPs/Agar films prove to be a suitable substrate for recording fingerprints contaminated with MA making possible the detection of ca. 190 μg of MA, before and after LFP development. The SERS signal of MA adsorbed onto AgNPs/Agar films remained stable for at least 180 days.
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