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Nano Research 2016, 9(9): 2760-2771 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1164-0
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Rapid identification of electricigens via silver-plated photonic crystal filters

Show Author's Information Delong Wang1,2,  Xiangwei Zhao1,2( ),  Xing Liu1,2,  Zhongde Mu1,2,  Zhongze Gu1,2( )
State Key Laboratory of BioelectronicsSchool of Biological Science and Medical EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
Suzhou Key Laboratory of Environment and BiosafetySuzhou Research Institute of Southeast UniversitySuzhou215123China
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surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), electricigens, photonic crystal, electroless plating
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Wang D, Zhao X, Liu X, et al. Rapid identification of electricigens via silver-plated photonic crystal filters. Nano Research, 2016, 9(9): 2760-2771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1164-0
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Short acquisition time and small volumes of incubated bacterial cultures are ideal for the routine and rapid identification or screening of electricigens in research and applications of microbial fuel cells. In this study, a functional substrate based on colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) was developed both for the filtration and identification of electricigens by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The fabrication of the substrate was simplified by electroless plating of silver on filtration-based self-assembled PCs on a filter membrane. The silver-plated ordered PC structure provided a 107-fold enhancement of Raman intensity compared to that obtained with a bare PC substrate. The substrate allowed for a "drop and measure" method of bacterial identification within 5 min with a 5 μL sample volume only. The results showed that not only the electricigens Geobacter sp. and Shewanella sp. could be discriminated with species and strain specificity, but also Geobacter sp. and pilus-mutated Geobacter sp. strains. The developed silver-plated PC filter offers tremendous opportunities in energetic, environmental, and clinical applications.


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Rapid identification of electricigens via silver-plated photonic crystal filters

Show Author's information Delong Wang1,2, Xiangwei Zhao1,2( ), Xing Liu1,2, Zhongde Mu1,2, Zhongze Gu1,2( )
State Key Laboratory of BioelectronicsSchool of Biological Science and Medical EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
Suzhou Key Laboratory of Environment and BiosafetySuzhou Research Institute of Southeast UniversitySuzhou215123China

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Short acquisition time and small volumes of incubated bacterial cultures are ideal for the routine and rapid identification or screening of electricigens in research and applications of microbial fuel cells. In this study, a functional substrate based on colloidal photonic crystals (PCs) was developed both for the filtration and identification of electricigens by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The fabrication of the substrate was simplified by electroless plating of silver on filtration-based self-assembled PCs on a filter membrane. The silver-plated ordered PC structure provided a 107-fold enhancement of Raman intensity compared to that obtained with a bare PC substrate. The substrate allowed for a "drop and measure" method of bacterial identification within 5 min with a 5 μL sample volume only. The results showed that not only the electricigens Geobacter sp. and Shewanella sp. could be discriminated with species and strain specificity, but also Geobacter sp. and pilus-mutated Geobacter sp. strains. The developed silver-plated PC filter offers tremendous opportunities in energetic, environmental, and clinical applications.

Keywords: surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), electricigens, photonic crystal, electroless plating

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Received: 17 March 2016
Revised: 31 May 2016
Accepted: 31 May 2016
Published: 21 July 2016
Issue date: September 2016

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This paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21073033, 21373046 and 21327902), Jiangsu Science and Technology Department (No. 2014707), Suzhou Science and Technology Project (No. ZXG2013036), the State Key Lab of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application (No. SMFA12K11), Scientific Innovation Research of College Graduate in Jiangsu Province (No. CXZZ13_ 0126), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University. The authors thank Professor Derek Lovley from the Department of Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst for providing electricigens.

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