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Gold nanoshell arrays-based visualized sensors of pH: Facile fabrication and high diffraction intensity

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A free standing 2D PS colloidal crystal with Au nanoshells/hydrogel composite film (CAuHCF) was fabricated by embedding a 2D PS colloidal crystal with Au nanoshells into a polyacrylic acid (PAA) hydrogel film. This CAuHCF can act as a visualized sensor with high diffraction intensity. The 2D PS colloidal crystal with Au nanoshells was prepared by depositing an Au layer on PS colloidal crystal obtained by interfacial self-assembly. The diffraction intensity of the CAuHCF was increased by about 30-fold than that of traditional 2D PS colloidal crystal/hydrogel composite film on transparent substrate due to large scattering cross section of Au shell. Such sensors based Au nanoshells array with the simple preparation process and the strong diffraction signal are promising ones for practical applications in visual detection. Additionally, with the simple preparation process and high diffraction intensity, other visualized sensors based different hydrogel matrix and the 2D PS colloidal crystal with Au nanoshells could be synthesized for monitoring various analysts.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51371165, 51571189), the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51531006), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 1508085JGD07), Cross-disciplinary Collaborative Teams Program in CAS, the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.

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  1. Key Lab of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Lab of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People’s Republic of China

    D. D. Men, F. Zhou, H. L. Li, L. F. Hang, X. Y. Li, D. L. Liu, W. P. Cai & Y. Li

  2. College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, HanDan University, Hadan, 056005, People’s Republic of China

    D. D. Men

  3. College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, People’s Republic of China

    L. M. Qi

  4. National Synchrotron Radiation Lab and College of Nuclear Science and Technology, CAS Key Lab of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People’s Republic of China

    L. B. Li

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Men, D.D., Zhou, F., Li, H.L. et al. Gold nanoshell arrays-based visualized sensors of pH: Facile fabrication and high diffraction intensity. Journal of Materials Research 32, 717–725 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.34

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