Diazonium Salt-Based Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensor: Detection and Quantitation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water Samples

Type Article
Date 2017-06
Language English
Author(s) Tijunelyte Inga1, Betelu Stephanie2, Moreau Jonathan3, Ignatiadis Ioannis2, Berho Catherine2, Lidgi-Guigui Nathalie1, Guenin Erwann4, David Catalina5, Vergnole Sebastien5, Rinnert EmmanuelORCID3, Lamy De La Chapelle Marc1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cite, UFR SMBH, CSPBAT Lab,UMR 7244, F-93017 Bobigny, France.
2 : Bur Rech Geol & Minieres, F-45060 Orleans 02, France.
3 : IFREMER, Brittany Ctr, Detect Sensors & Measurements Lab, CS10070, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
4 : Univ Technol Compiegne, Sorbonne Univ, Ctr Rech Royallieu, Lab TIMR,EA4297, Rue Docteur Schweitzer,CS 60319, F-60203 Compiegne, France.
5 : HORIBA Jobin Yvon SAS, F-59650 Villeneuve Dascq, France.
Source Sensors (1424-8220) (Mdpi Ag), 2017-06 , Vol. 17 , N. 6 , P. 1198 (1-17)
DOI 10.3390/s17061198
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Keyword(s) polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), nanosensor, diazonium salt, surface functionalization, detection
Abstract

Here, we present a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) nanosensor for environmental pollutants detection. This study was conducted on three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), fluoranthene (FL), and naphthalene (NAP). SERS substrates were chemically functionalized using 4-dodecyl benzenediazonium-tetrafluoroborate and SERS analyses were conducted to detect the pollutants alone and in mixtures. Compounds were first measured in water-methanol (9:1 volume ratio) samples. Investigation on solutions containing concentrations ranging from 10−6 g L−1 to 10−3 g L−1 provided data to plot calibration curves and to determine the performance of the sensor. The calculated limit of detection (LOD) was 0.026 mg L−1 (10−7 mol L−1) for BaP, 0.064 mg L−1 (3.2 × 10−7 mol L−1) for FL, and 3.94 mg L−1 (3.1 × 10−5 mol L−1) for NAP, respectively. The correlation between the calculated LOD values and the octanol-water partition coefficient (Kow) of the investigated PAHs suggests that the developed nanosensor is particularly suitable for detecting highly non-polar PAH compounds. Measurements conducted on a mixture of the three analytes (i) demonstrated the ability of the developed technology to detect and identify the three analytes in the mixture; (ii) provided the exact quantitation of pollutants in a mixture. Moreover, we optimized the surface regeneration step for the nanosensor.

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Tijunelyte Inga, Betelu Stephanie, Moreau Jonathan, Ignatiadis Ioannis, Berho Catherine, Lidgi-Guigui Nathalie, Guenin Erwann, David Catalina, Vergnole Sebastien, Rinnert Emmanuel, Lamy De La Chapelle Marc (2017). Diazonium Salt-Based Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensor: Detection and Quantitation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water Samples. Sensors, 17(6), 1198 (1-17). Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.3390/s17061198 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00386/49772/