• 文献标题:   Preparation of a Novel Core-Shell Ag-Graphene@SiO2 Nanocomposite for Fluorescence Enhancement
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YIN DG, LIU BH, ZHANG L, WU MH
  • 作者关键词:   metal enhanced fluorescence, graphene, silver, microemulsion method, fluorescein isothiocyanate
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   1550-7033 EI 1550-7041
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shanghai Univ
  • 被引频次:   32
  • DOI:   10.1166/jbn.2012.1394
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

A facile one-pot water-in-oil microemulsion method has been developed for the synthesis of a novel core-shell Ag-graphene@SiO2 nanocomposite with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) doped in the shell. During the preparation process, reducing both Ag+ and graphene oxide, and loading of Ag nanoparticles on graphene were occurred in the microemulsion simultaneously. Then FITC was covalently doped in the silica shell through a copolymerization reaction with tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). The morphology and optical properties of the nanocomposite were characterized by transmission electron microscope (TEM), UV-Vis spectrum, fluorescence emission spectrum and FT-IR spectrum, respectively. The results showed that the emission intensity from the as-prepared nanocomposite was 3-fold higher than that of control silica nanoparticles in which graphene was absent. The graphene in the as-prepared nanocomposite exhibited an enhanced effect for the metal enhanced fluorescence (MEF). This enhancement offers a potential increase in overall nanoprobe detectability. This work could provide new insights into fabrication of Ag-graphene based nanocomposites and facilitate their application.