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ArticleBiosensors2023

Pilot SERS Monitoring Study of Two Natural Hypersaline Lake Waters from a Balneary Resort during Winter-Months Period.

Csilla Molnár, Teodora Diana Drigla, Lucian Barbu-Tudoran, Ilirjana Bajama, Victor Curean, Simona Cîntă Pînzaru

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Article in Biosensors, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Csilla MolnárNational Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donath, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2677-3509
Teodora Diana DriglaBiomolecular Physics Department, Babeş-Bolyai University, Kogălniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj Napoca, Romania.
Lucian Barbu-TudoranElectron Microscopy Centre, Babeș-Bolyai University, Clinicilor 5-7, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ilirjana BajamaBiomolecular Physics Department, Babeş-Bolyai University, Kogălniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj Napoca, Romania.
Victor CureanFaculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Victor Babes 8, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0009-0007-4477-9318
Simona Cîntă PînzaruBiomolecular Physics Department, Babeş-Bolyai University, Kogălniceanu 1, 400084 Cluj Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8016-4408

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Unitatea Executiva Pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior a Cercetarii Dezvoltarii si Inovarii PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2019-0562 (PD51/ 07.08.2020)
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Abstract

Water samples from two naturally hypersaline lakes, renowned for their balneotherapeutic properties, were investigated through a pilot SERS monitoring program. Nanotechnology-based techniques were employed to periodically measure the ultra-sensitive SERS molecular characteristics of the raw water-bearing microbial community and the inorganic content. Employing the Pearson correlation coefficient revealed a robust linear relationship between electrical conductivity and pH and Raman and SERS spectral data of water samples, highlighting the interplay complexity of Raman/SERS signals and physicochemical parameters within each lake. The SERS data obtained from raw waters with AgNPs exhibited a dominant, reproducible SERS feature resembling adsorbed β-carotene at submicromole concentration, which could be related to the cyanobacteria-AgNPs interface and supported by TEM analyses. Notably, spurious SERS sampling cases showed molecular traces attributed to additional metabolites, suggesting multiplexed SERS signatures. The conducted PCA demonstrated observable differences in the β-carotene SERS band intensities between the two lakes, signifying potential variations in picoplankton abundance and composition or environmental influences. Moreover, the study examined variations in the SERS intensity ratio I

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