Using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring to Evaluate the Size of Nanoparticles Deposited on Surfaces

Olsson, Amy Rader; Quevedo, Iván R.; He, Danqing; Basnet, Mohan; Tufenkji, Nathalie

doi:10.1021/nn402758w

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“…The Sauerbrey model underestimated the number of immobilized gold NPs in comparison to the Voight model. This behavior is known from previous studies as “missing mass effect” . The proportional difference between the number of immobilized NPs estimated from Sauerbrey and Voight models increased as the particles became larger.…”

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Modulating the Kinetics of Nanoparticle Adsorption for Simple and High‐Yield Fabrication of Plasmonic Heterostructures as SERS Substrates

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This work reports scalable, low-cost, and simple fabrication of plasmonic heterostructures consisting of gold nanoparticles (NPs) of different sizes to generate intense hot-pots over large areas to serve as substrates for molecular sensing in SERS applications. Our approach involves assembly of massively-available colloidal gold NPs on substrates functionalized with end-grafted poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) brushes without need for any sophisticated tools and post-modification of the particles and substrates. From real-time monitoring of the adsorption process by using a quartz crystal microbalance, we identified that the cyclic deposition of citrate-stabilized gold NPs on PEG brushes is an effective approach to modulate the kinetics of particle adsorption and greatly improves the surface coverage leading to reduced inter-particle distances. Cyclic deposition of NPs differing in size leads to placement of the small particles in close proximity of the large ones, yielding hot-spots as a consequence of the unique type of interaction between PEG chains and gold NPs. Assembly of heterostructures (60 nm+40 nm and 60 nm+20 nm) at optimized conditions resulted in strong SERS effects with enhancement factors as high as ≈2.0×10 and enabled detection of rhodamine 6G molecules in concentrations as low as 1 nm. The cyclic deposition of NPs also results in increase of the water contact angle without need for any post-modification of the substrate, resulting in ≈30 fold increase in the Raman intensity of aqueous molecules. The insights gained on the adsorption of gold NPs together with the simplicity of the presented approach show great promise for surface assembly of colloidal NPs for a broad range of applications.

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Modulating the Kinetics of Nanoparticle Adsorption for Simple and High‐Yield Fabrication of Plasmonic Heterostructures as SERS Substrates

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“…Thus far, this has only been possible with nanometre-sized particles, which lie within the QCM's shear acoustic wave 36 . If one plots Df versus DG in equation (1) as a parametric function of k L , the points are found to lie on a circle with radius r L .…”

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Probing biomechanical properties with a centrifugal force quartz crystal microbalance

2014

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Application of force on biomolecules has been instrumental in understanding biofunctional behaviour from single molecules to complex collections of cells. Current approaches, for example, those based on atomic force microscopy or magnetic or optical tweezers, are powerful but limited in their applicability as integrated biosensors. Here we describe a new force-based biosensing technique based on the quartz crystal microbalance. By applying centrifugal forces to a sample, we show it is possible to repeatedly and non-destructively interrogate its mechanical properties in situ and in real time. We employ this platform for the studies of micron-sized particles, viscoelastic monolayers of DNA and particles tethered to the quartz crystal microbalance surface by DNA. Our results indicate that, for certain types of samples on quartz crystal balances, application of centrifugal force both enhances sensitivity and reveals additional mechanical and viscoelastic properties.

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“…This equation is valid when the ratio of the change in the dissipation factor ΔD is <10 −7 times per change of Hz in the resonant frequency (ΔF). 30 The change in ΔF of the quartz crystals is linearly dependent on the mass of material (Δm) deposited onto the crystal Langmuir Article DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01020…”

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Surface Engineering of Polypropylene Membranes with Carbonic Anhydrase-Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Improved Carbon Dioxide Hydration

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Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is a native enzyme that facilitates the hydration of carbon dioxide into bicarbonate ions. This study reports the fabrication of thin films of active CA enzyme onto a porous membrane substrate using layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly. Deposition of multilayer films consisting of polyelectrolytes and CA was monitored by quartz crystal microgravimetry, while the enzymatic activity was assayed according to the rates of p-nitrophenylacetate (p-NPA) hydrolysis and CO2 hydration. The fabrication of the films onto a nonporous glass substrate showed CO2 hydration rates of 0.52 ± 0.09 μmol cm(-2) min(-1) per layer of bovine CA and 2.6 ± 0.7 μmol cm(-2) min(-1) per layer of a thermostable microbial CA. The fabrication of a multilayer film containing the microbial CA on a porous polypropylene membrane increased the hydration rate to 5.3 ± 0.8 μmol cm(-2) min(-1) per layer of microbial CA. The addition of mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a film layer prior to enzyme adsorption was found to increase the activity on the polypropylene membranes even further to a rate of 19 ± 4 μmol cm(-2) min(-1) per layer of microbial CA. The LbL treatment of these membranes increased the mass transfer resistance of the membrane but decreased the likelihood of membrane pore wetting. These results have potential application in the absorption of carbon dioxide from combustion flue gases into aqueous solvents using gas-liquid membrane contactors.

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Using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring to Evaluate the Size of Nanoparticles Deposited on Surfaces

Cited by 96 publications

References 35 publications

Modulating the Kinetics of Nanoparticle Adsorption for Simple and High‐Yield Fabrication of Plasmonic Heterostructures as SERS Substrates

Modulating the Kinetics of Nanoparticle Adsorption for Simple and High‐Yield Fabrication of Plasmonic Heterostructures as SERS Substrates

Probing biomechanical properties with a centrifugal force quartz crystal microbalance

Surface Engineering of Polypropylene Membranes with Carbonic Anhydrase-Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Improved Carbon Dioxide Hydration

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