Suitable boron-doped graphene substrate for glucose Raman signal enhancement

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2025.100875" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2025.100875</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2025.100875" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.apsadv.2025.100875</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Suitable boron-doped graphene substrate for glucose Raman signal enhancement

Original language description

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a highly sensitive and selective technique. It greatly enhances the signal of an analyte compared to classical Raman spectroscopy, due to analyte–substrate interactions. A promising substrate for SERS is boron-doped graphene (B-graphene). At low boron concentrations of ~1.39 at.%, it has been shown to enhance the Raman signal of simple organic molecules such as pyridine. The potential use of high-concentration B-graphene materials for SERS remains unexplored. Therefore, in our study, we investigate the influence of dopant concentration and relative adsorbate/substrate geometry on the effectiveness of B-graphene as a SERS substrate, with glucose as the analyte. We perform Density Functional Theory simulations using the PBE functional and the DFT-D2 van der Waals correction. By combining analysis of interatomic force constants and phonon eigenvector composition, we conclude that higher doping concentrations provide a larger enhancement to the Raman signal of glucose, while the molecule’s orientation relative to the surface plays a fundamental role in the Raman response. We suggest that 12.5 at.% B-graphene represents a potential substrate for SERS-based detection of glucose. Additionally, the phonon-based analysis can be promptly applied in the search for promising substrate materials for enhanced Raman response.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

Project

<a href="/en/project/EH22_008%2F0004590" target="_blank" >EH22_008/0004590: Robotics and advanced industrial production</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Surface Science Advances

ISSN

2666-5239

e-ISSN

2666-5239

Volume of the periodical

30

Issue of the periodical within the volume

December

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001600310200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105020472570