1T'-transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers stabilized on 4H-Au nanowires for ultrasensitive SERS detection

Zijian Li^#¹, Li Zhai^#^{1

2}, Qinghua Zhang^#³, Wei Zhai^#¹, Pai Li^#⁴, Bo Chen¹, Changsheng Chen⁵, Yao Yao¹, Yiyao Ge¹, Hua Yang¹, Panzhe Qiao⁶, Jianing Kang¹, Zhenyu Shi¹, An Zhang¹, Hongyi Wang¹, Jinzhe Liang¹, Jiawei Liu⁷, Zhiqiang Guan¹, Lingwen Liao¹, Vlad Andrei Neacșu¹, Chen Ma⁸, Ye Chen⁸, Ye Zhu⁵, Chun-Sing Lee^{1

9}, Lu Ma¹⁰, Yonghua Du¹⁰, Lin Gu¹¹, Jian-Feng Li¹², Zhong-Qun Tian¹², Feng Ding^{13

14}, Hua Zhang^{15

16

17

18}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
⁷ Center for Programmable Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
⁸ Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁹ Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
¹⁰ National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.
¹¹ Beijing National Center for Electron Microscopy and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
¹² State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
¹³ State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. f.ding@siat.ac.cn.
¹⁴ Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China. f.ding@siat.ac.cn.
¹⁵ Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.
¹⁶ Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.
¹⁷ Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.
¹⁸ Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 38589543
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01860-w

1T'-transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers stabilized on 4H-Au nanowires for ultrasensitive SERS detection

Zijian Li et al. Nat Mater. 2024 Oct.

. 2024 Oct;23(10):1355-1362.

doi: 10.1038/s41563-024-01860-w. Epub 2024 Apr 8.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Applied Physics, Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
⁷ Center for Programmable Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
⁸ Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁹ Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
¹⁰ National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.
¹¹ Beijing National Center for Electron Microscopy and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
¹² State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Department of Physics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
¹³ State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. f.ding@siat.ac.cn.
¹⁴ Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China. f.ding@siat.ac.cn.
¹⁵ Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.
¹⁶ Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.
¹⁷ Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.
¹⁸ Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. hua.zhang@cityu.edu.hk.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 38589543
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01860-w

Abstract

Unconventional 1T'-phase transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have aroused tremendous research interest due to their unique phase-dependent physicochemical properties and applications. However, due to the metastable nature of 1T'-TMDs, the controlled synthesis of 1T'-TMD monolayers (MLs) with high phase purity and stability still remains a challenge. Here we report that 4H-Au nanowires (NWs), when used as templates, can induce the quasi-epitaxial growth of high-phase-purity and stable 1T'-TMD MLs, including WS₂, WSe₂, MoS₂ and MoSe₂, via a facile and rapid wet-chemical method. The as-synthesized 4H-Au@1T'-TMD core-shell NWs can be used for ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection. For instance, the 4H-Au@1T'-WS₂ NWs have achieved attomole-level SERS detections of Rhodamine 6G and a variety of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike proteins. This work provides insights into the preparation of high-phase-purity and stable 1T'-TMD MLs on metal substrates or templates, showing great potential in various promising applications.

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