DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200800153. Large‐Area Silver‐Coated Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Molecular Sensing Using Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Large‐Area Silver‐Coated Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Molecular Sensing Using Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

10.1002/adfm.200800153

Crossref journal-article

Wiley

Advanced Functional Materials (311)

Abstract

AbstractA new and facile method to prepare large‐area silver‐coated silicon nanowire arrays for surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)‐based sensing is introduced. High‐quality silicon nanowire arrays are prepared by a chemical etching method and used as a template for the generation of SERS‐active silver‐coated silicon nanowire arrays. The morphologies of the silicon nanowire arrays and the type of silver‐plating solution are two key factors determining the magnitude of SERS signal enhancement and the sensitivity of detection; they are investigated in detail for the purpose of optimization. The optimized silver‐coated silicon nanowire arrays exhibit great potential for ultrasensitive molecular sensing in terms of high SERS signal enhancement ability, good stability, and reproducibility. Their further applications in rapidly detecting molecules relating to human health and safety are discussed. A 10 s data acquisition time is capable of achieving a limit of detection of approximately 4 × 10−6 M calcium dipicolinate (CaDPA), a biomarker for anthrax. This value is 1/15 the infectious dose of spores (6 × 10−5 M required), revealing that the optimized silver‐coated silicon nanowire arrays as SERS‐based ultrasensitive sensors are extremely suitable for detecting Bacillus anthracis spores.

Bibliography

Zhang, B., Wang, H., Lu, L., Ai, K., Zhang, G., & Cheng, X. (2008). LargeâArea SilverâCoated Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Molecular Sensing Using SurfaceâEnhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Advanced Functional Materials, 18(16), 2348â2355. Portico.

Authors 6

Baohua Zhang (first)
Haishui Wang (additional)
Lehui Lu (additional)
Kelong Ai (additional)
Guo Zhang (additional)
Xiaoli Cheng (additional)

References 35 Referenced 355

Dates

Type	When
Created	17 years ago (July 28, 2008, 9:09 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 9 months ago (Nov. 14, 2023, 3:28 p.m.)
Indexed	5 days, 12 hours ago (Aug. 19, 2025, 6:24 a.m.)
Issued	17 years ago (Aug. 19, 2008)
Published	17 years ago (Aug. 19, 2008)
Published Online	17 years ago (Aug. 19, 2008)
Published Print	17 years ago (Aug. 22, 2008)

Funders 0

None

BibTeX

@article{Zhang_2008, title={Large‐Area Silver‐Coated Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Molecular Sensing Using Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy}, volume={18}, ISSN={1616-3028}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200800153}, DOI={10.1002/adfm.200800153}, number={16}, journal={Advanced Functional Materials}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Zhang, Baohua and Wang, Haishui and Lu, Lehui and Ai, Kelong and Zhang, Guo and Cheng, Xiaoli}, year={2008}, month=aug, pages={2348–2355} }

JSON

{
  "indexed": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2025,
        8,
        19
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2025-08-19T10:24:11Z",
    "timestamp": 1755599051365
  },
  "reference-count": 35,
  "publisher": "Wiley",
  "issue": "16",
  "license": [
    {
      "start": {
        "date-parts": [
          [
            2008,
            7,
            28
          ]
        ],
        "date-time": "2008-07-28T00:00:00Z",
        "timestamp": 1217203200000
      },
      "content-version": "vor",
      "delay-in-days": 0,
      "URL": "http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor"
    }
  ],
  "content-domain": {
    "domain": [],
    "crossmark-restriction": false
  },
  "published-print": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2008,
        8,
        22
      ]
    ]
  },
  "abstract": "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A new and facile method to prepare large\u2010area silver\u2010coated silicon nanowire arrays for surface\u2010enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)\u2010based sensing is introduced. High\u2010quality silicon nanowire arrays are prepared by a chemical etching method and used as a template for the generation of SERS\u2010active silver\u2010coated silicon nanowire arrays. The morphologies of the silicon nanowire arrays and the type of silver\u2010plating solution are two key factors determining the magnitude of SERS signal enhancement and the sensitivity of detection; they are investigated in detail for the purpose of optimization. The optimized silver\u2010coated silicon nanowire arrays exhibit great potential for ultrasensitive molecular sensing in terms of high SERS signal enhancement ability, good stability, and reproducibility. Their further applications in rapidly detecting molecules relating to human health and safety are discussed. A 10 s data acquisition time is capable of achieving a limit of detection of approximately 4\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22126</jats:sup> <jats:sc>M</jats:sc> calcium dipicolinate (CaDPA), a biomarker for anthrax. This value is 1/15 the infectious dose of spores (6\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>\u22125</jats:sup>\u2009<jats:sc>M</jats:sc> required), revealing that the optimized silver\u2010coated silicon nanowire arrays as SERS\u2010based ultrasensitive sensors are extremely suitable for detecting <jats:italic>Bacillus anthracis</jats:italic> spores.</jats:p>",
  "DOI": "10.1002/adfm.200800153",
  "type": "journal-article",
  "created": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2008,
        7,
        28
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2008-07-28T13:09:10Z",
    "timestamp": 1217250550000
  },
  "page": "2348-2355",
  "source": "Crossref",
  "is-referenced-by-count": 355,
  "title": "Large\u2010Area Silver\u2010Coated Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Molecular Sensing Using Surface\u2010Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy",
  "prefix": "10.1002",
  "volume": "18",
  "author": [
    {
      "given": "Baohua",
      "family": "Zhang",
      "sequence": "first",
      "affiliation": []
    },
    {
      "given": "Haishui",
      "family": "Wang",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": []
    },
    {
      "given": "Lehui",
      "family": "Lu",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": []
    },
    {
      "given": "Kelong",
      "family": "Ai",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": []
    },
    {
      "given": "Guo",
      "family": "Zhang",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": []
    },
    {
      "given": "Xiaoli",
      "family": "Cheng",
      "sequence": "additional",
      "affiliation": []
    }
  ],
  "member": "311",
  "published-online": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2008,
        8,
        19
      ]
    ]
  },
  "reference": [
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_1_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ja00457a071"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_2_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/cr980133r"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_3_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ac051357u"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_4_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ac0501238"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_5_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ac060041z"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_6_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4357"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_7_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1002/smll.200700526"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_8_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/jp056203x"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_9_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.2172591"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_10_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/cm051473d"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_11_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/cm0615875"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_12_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ar700143w"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_13_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/jp0490150"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_14_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ac00273a029"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_15_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/jp010657m"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_16_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.1571979"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_17_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/nl048818w"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_18_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1063/1.1988980"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_19_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1002/adma.200305149"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_20_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/cm049269y"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_21_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1002/adma.200600892"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_22_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ac060561u"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_23_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1002/anie.200462995"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_24_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1002/1521-4095(20020816)14:16<1164::AID-ADMA1164>3.0.CO;2-E"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_25_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ja061762i"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_26_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/nl0729983"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_27_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1073/pnas.1133217100"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_28_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/la0636356"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_29_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ja071269m"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_30_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/cm0009120"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_31_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ja043623b"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_32_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ja0638760"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_33_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/ja0642717"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_34_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1039/B415290E"
    },
    {
      "key": "e_1_2_1_35_2",
      "doi-asserted-by": "publisher",
      "DOI": "10.1021/la052659u"
    }
  ],
  "container-title": "Advanced Functional Materials",
  "original-title": [],
  "language": "en",
  "link": [
    {
      "URL": "https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fadfm.200800153",
      "content-type": "unspecified",
      "content-version": "vor",
      "intended-application": "text-mining"
    },
    {
      "URL": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/adfm.200800153",
      "content-type": "unspecified",
      "content-version": "vor",
      "intended-application": "similarity-checking"
    }
  ],
  "deposited": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2023,
        11,
        14
      ]
    ],
    "date-time": "2023-11-14T20:28:16Z",
    "timestamp": 1699993696000
  },
  "score": 1,
  "resource": {
    "primary": {
      "URL": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.200800153"
    }
  },
  "subtitle": [],
  "short-title": [],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2008,
        8,
        19
      ]
    ]
  },
  "references-count": 35,
  "journal-issue": {
    "issue": "16",
    "published-print": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2008,
          8,
          22
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "alternative-id": [
    "10.1002/adfm.200800153"
  ],
  "URL": "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200800153",
  "relation": {},
  "ISSN": [
    "1616-301X",
    "1616-3028"
  ],
  "subject": [],
  "container-title-short": "Adv Funct Materials",
  "published": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2008,
        8,
        19
      ]
    ]
  }
}