Abstract
The fascinating nanocomposites of semiconductors coupled with noble metals have a promising potential to develop a low-cost substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications. Herein, the controlled construction of Ag nano-islands on ZnO nanosheets (Ag@ZnO nanocomposites) was successfully achieved by a green and effective strategy based on ultraviolet light induced-photochemical reaction. It was found that the Ag content in Ag@ZnO nanocomposites linearly increases to 4.62% by simply increasing the irradiation time (0~10 min). More importantly, increasing the Ag content (0~4.62%) in the nanocomposites results in enhanced SERS activities with an enhancement factor up to 107 and a detection limit as low as 10−9 M. Compared with the complete noble metal substrate, the novel Ag@ZnO nanocomposites (<5% Ag compositions) were cost-effective and possessed high biocompatible properties; which can be established as an advanced inexpensive substrate for ultrasensitive SERS analysis, particularly for food safety and biomedical applications.
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