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  • Title: Stability of silver colloids as substrate for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy detection of dipicolinic acid.
    Author: Guingab JD, Lauly B, Smith BW, Omenetto N, Winefordner JD.
    Journal: Talanta; 2007 Nov 30; 74(2):271-4. PubMed ID: 18371640.
    Abstract:
    Silver colloids have been commonly used as substrates for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). It has been shown that SERS requires partial aggregation of the silver colloids. This study evaluates factors affecting the aggregative state of the silver colloids such as the age of the silver colloids and the aggregation as a result of addition of the analyte. The silver colloids are obtained from the chemical reduction of silver nitrate by sodium borohydride. Further oxidation of the sodium borohydride solution at room temperature results in concentration changes of the resulting silver colloids. Methods of controlling the sodium borohydride depletion are presented in this paper. The analyte used is dipicolinic acid, a molecular signature of Bacillus spores.
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