Abstract: In this paper, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique was used to monitor the degradation process of methylene blue in situ and in real time. Using silver nanowires and styrene-ethylene-butene-styrene (SEBS) block copolymer as materials, an efficient and universal SERS substrate was successfully prepared by interface assembly method. The substrate has a superhydrophobic effect and the contact angle reaches $ 121.3^{\circ} $, which ensures the in situ real-time monitoring of methylene blue degradation process. Meanwhile, the SERS response is extremely high. Experiments prove that the detection limit of methylene blue is as low as $ 10^{-13} $ mol/L. The substrate also has good signal reproducibility, with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 9.26%. In addition, as a practical SERS substrate, it can catalyze the degradation of methylene blue by sodium borohydride. The results show that the SERS substrate has a good catalytic effect, and the degradation rate of methylene blue is up to 99.90% in 150 s.
Keywords: surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS); interface assembly; silver nanowires; block copolymer; methylene blue; catalytic degradation