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  • Title: Ag@Au Core⁻Shell Porous Nanocages with Outstanding SERS Activity for Highly Sensitive SERS Immunoassay.
    Author: Huang Y, Lin D, Li M, Yin D, Wang S, Wang J.
    Journal: Sensors (Basel); 2019 Mar 31; 19(7):. PubMed ID: 30935114.
    Abstract:
    A highly sensitive immunoassay of biomarkers has been achieved using 4-mercaptobenzoic acid-labeled Ag@Au core⁻shell porous nanocage tags and α-fetoprotein immuno-sensing chips. The Ag@Au porous nanocages were uniquely synthesized by using an Ag core as a self-sacrificial template and reducing agent, where the slow reaction process led to the formation of a porous Au layer. The size of the remaining Ag core and surface roughness of the Au shell were controlled by adjusting the chloroauric acid concentration. The porous cage exhibited excellent surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) activity, presumably due to a synergetic interaction between newly generated hot spots in the rough Au shell and the retained SERS activity of the Ag core. Using α-fetoprotein as a model analyte for immunoassay, the SERS signal had a wide linear range of 0.20 ng mL-1 to 500.0 ng mL-1 with a detection limit of 0.12 ng mL-1. Without the need of further signal amplification, the as-prepared Ag@Au bimetallic nanocages can be directly used for highly sensitive SERS assays of other biomarkers in biomedical research, diagnostics, etc.
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