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Facile synthesis of gold nanoflowers as SERS substrates and their morphological transformation induced by iodide ions

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We report a new strategy to prepare gold nanoflowers (AuNFs) using a two-step seed-mediated method. The as-prepared AuNFs were employed as surface-enhance Raman scattering (SERS) substrates, showing strong signal enhancement. We further found that iodide ions (I–) could selectively induce the morphological transformation of AuNFs to spheres, resulting in a blue-shift of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) bands, a color change of the AuNFs solution from blue to red, and decreased SERS activity. This behavior allows the AuNFs to be used in the determination of I–.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, 400715, Chongqing, China

    Shujun Zhen, Tong Wu, Xin Huang, Yuanfang Li & Chengzhi Huang

  2. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, 644000, China

    Tong Wu

  3. College of Pharmaceutical Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China

    Chengzhi Huang

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Zhen, S., Wu, T., Huang, X. et al. Facile synthesis of gold nanoflowers as SERS substrates and their morphological transformation induced by iodide ions. Sci. China Chem. 59, 1045–1050 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-015-0482-5

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