Cover Picture: Rapid Detection of Sildenafil Drugs in Liquid Nutraceuticals Based on Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Technology (Chin. J. Chem. 10/2017). Issue 10 (16th October 2017) - Zhao, Hang
Abstract : The cover picture shows a rapid detection of sildenafil drugs in liquid nutraceuticals based on surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy technology. A detailed attribution analysis by density functional theory (DFT) was used to guide specific experiments. The Raman signals were obtained from a silver colloid (Ag col) substrate, and they increased in the presence of the mineral salt, potassium iodide (KI). These methods detected sildenafil in aqueous solutions as low as 1 µg/mL with high signal uniformity (RSD = 3.77%). Raman technology detected low contents of sildenafil drugs in liquid nutraceuticals, not in solid samples. Therefore, SERS technology has great potential for on‐site and real‐time detection of illegal drugs in water and in liquid nutraceuticals. More details are discussed in the article by Hasi et al. on page 1522–1528. Abstract : The cover picture shows a rapid detection of sildenafil drugs in liquid nutraceuticals based on surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy technology. A detailed attribution analysis by density functional theory (DFT) was used to guide specific experiments. The Raman signals were obtained from a silver colloid (Ag col) substrate, and they increased in the presence of the mineral salt, potassium iodide (KI). These methods detected sildenafil in aqueous solutions as low as 1 µg/mL with high signal uniformity (RSD = 3.77%). Raman technology detected low contents of sildenafil drugs in liquid nutraceuticals, not in solid samples. Therefore, SERS technology has great potential for on‐site and real‐time detection of illegal drugs in water and in liquid nutraceuticals. More details are discussed in the article by Hasi et al. on page 1522–1528.