A displacement principle for mercury detection by optical waveguide and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

A novel displacement principle of metal nanoparticles for target analysis, differing from the usual target-induced aggregation principle, was proved feasible by the use of para-aminothiophenol coupled Au nanoparticles (PATP-Au) multilayer as probes to detect Hg2+. The PATP-Au multilayer was fabricated through layer-by-layer assembly of Au nanoparticles on optical waveguide (OWG) chip surface using para-aminothiophenol (PATP) as coupling...