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Revealing unconventional host-guest complexation at nanostructured interface by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.


ABSTRACT: Interfacial host-guest complexation offers a versatile way to functionalize nanomaterials. However, the complicated interfacial environment and trace amounts of components present at the interface make the study of interfacial complexation very difficult. Herein, taking the advantages of near-single-molecule level sensitivity and molecular fingerprint of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), we reveal that a cooperative effect between cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) and methyl viologen (MV2+2I-) in aggregating Au NPs originates from the cooperative adsorption of halide counter anions I-, MV2+, and CB[7] on Au NPs surface. Moreover, similar SERS peak shifts in the control experiments using CB[n]s but with smaller cavity sizes suggested the occurrence of the same guest complexations among CB[5], CB[6], and CB[7] with MV2+. Hence, an unconventional exclusive complexation model is proposed between CB[7] and MV2+ on the surface of Au NPs, distinct from the well-known 1:1 inclusion complexation model in aqueous solutions. In summary, new insights into the fundamental understanding of host-guest interactions at nanostructured interfaces were obtained by SERS, which might be useful for applications related to host-guest chemistry in engineered nanomaterials.

SUBMITTER: Chen GY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8055983 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Revealing unconventional host-guest complexation at nanostructured interface by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Chen Gan-Yu GY   Sun Yi-Bin YB   Shi Pei-Chen PC   Liu Tao T   Li Zhi-Hao ZH   Luo Si-Heng SH   Wang Xin-Chang XC   Cao Xiao-Yu XY   Ren Bin B   Liu Guo-Kun GK   Yang Liu-Lin LL   Tian Zhong-Qun ZQ  

Light, science & applications 20210419 1


Interfacial host-guest complexation offers a versatile way to functionalize nanomaterials. However, the complicated interfacial environment and trace amounts of components present at the interface make the study of interfacial complexation very difficult. Herein, taking the advantages of near-single-molecule level sensitivity and molecular fingerprint of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), we reveal that a cooperative effect between cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) and methyl viologen (MV<sup>2+<  ...[more]

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