Detection of Pesticide Residues Using Three-Dimensional SERS Substrate Based on CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>

In response to the shortcomings of traditional surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates, such as short shelf life, poor uniformity, and low selectivity, this study innovatively proposed a three-dimensional composite substrate of CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>. This substrate...

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Main Authors: Jianjun Ding, Niansong Liu, Ganglin Wang, Naiyu Guo, Chao Sun
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Niansong Liu
Ganglin Wang
Naiyu Guo
Chao Sun
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Chao Sun
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description In response to the shortcomings of traditional surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates, such as short shelf life, poor uniformity, and low selectivity, this study innovatively proposed a three-dimensional composite substrate of CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>. This substrate demonstrates excellent SERS enhancement effects, with a detection limit of 10<sup>−12</sup> mol/L for the probe molecule Rhodamine 6G (R6G) and an enhancement factor (EF) of 8.947 × 10<sup>8</sup>. Further experiments confirmed the substrate’s superior uniformity and stability. The enhancement mechanism was investigated using both experimental methods and the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) approach. When commonly used pesticide thiram was used as the target analyte, the detection limit of the substrate reached 0.1 mg/L, which is significantly lower than the pesticide residue standards of China and the European Union. Additionally, the genetic algorithm (GA)-optimized Back Propagation (BP) neural network was introduced for the quantitative analysis of thiram concentrations. The experimental results indicated that the GA-BP algorithm achieved the training prediction accuracy of 92.5% for thiram, demonstrating good network performance. This method shows good selectivity and has broad application prospects in the detection of toxic chemicals, environmental pollutants, and food additives.
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spelling doaj-art-e841a363933f4f64b080f0f27826e6052025-08-20T02:15:54ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-04-01257231610.3390/s25072316Detection of Pesticide Residues Using Three-Dimensional SERS Substrate Based on CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>Jianjun Ding0Niansong Liu1Ganglin Wang2Naiyu Guo3Chao Sun4College of Intelligent Manufacturing, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, ChinaCollege of Intelligent Manufacturing, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, ChinaCollege of Intelligent Manufacturing, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, ChinaCollege of Intelligent Manufacturing, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, ChinaCollege of Intelligent Manufacturing, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, ChinaIn response to the shortcomings of traditional surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates, such as short shelf life, poor uniformity, and low selectivity, this study innovatively proposed a three-dimensional composite substrate of CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>. This substrate demonstrates excellent SERS enhancement effects, with a detection limit of 10<sup>−12</sup> mol/L for the probe molecule Rhodamine 6G (R6G) and an enhancement factor (EF) of 8.947 × 10<sup>8</sup>. Further experiments confirmed the substrate’s superior uniformity and stability. The enhancement mechanism was investigated using both experimental methods and the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) approach. When commonly used pesticide thiram was used as the target analyte, the detection limit of the substrate reached 0.1 mg/L, which is significantly lower than the pesticide residue standards of China and the European Union. Additionally, the genetic algorithm (GA)-optimized Back Propagation (BP) neural network was introduced for the quantitative analysis of thiram concentrations. The experimental results indicated that the GA-BP algorithm achieved the training prediction accuracy of 92.5% for thiram, demonstrating good network performance. This method shows good selectivity and has broad application prospects in the detection of toxic chemicals, environmental pollutants, and food additives.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/7/2316surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopycomposite structurepesticide detectionimproving GA-BP
spellingShingle Jianjun Ding
Niansong Liu
Ganglin Wang
Naiyu Guo
Chao Sun
Detection of Pesticide Residues Using Three-Dimensional SERS Substrate Based on CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>
Sensors
surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
composite structure
pesticide detection
improving GA-BP
title Detection of Pesticide Residues Using Three-Dimensional SERS Substrate Based on CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>
title_full Detection of Pesticide Residues Using Three-Dimensional SERS Substrate Based on CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>
title_fullStr Detection of Pesticide Residues Using Three-Dimensional SERS Substrate Based on CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Pesticide Residues Using Three-Dimensional SERS Substrate Based on CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>
title_short Detection of Pesticide Residues Using Three-Dimensional SERS Substrate Based on CNTs/Ag/AgNWs/SiO<sub>2</sub>
title_sort detection of pesticide residues using three dimensional sers substrate based on cnts ag agnws sio sub 2 sub
topic surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
composite structure
pesticide detection
improving GA-BP
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/7/2316
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