Identification of coexisting indigo species in an ancient green thread using direct plasmon-enhanced raman spectroscopy
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Celis, Freddy
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Tirapegui, Cristian
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García, Macarena
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Aracena, Andrés
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Aliaga, Álvaro E.
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Campos Vallette, Marcelo
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2020-11-05T18:08:49Z
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2020-11-05T18:08:49Z
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2020
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J. Chil. Chem. Soc., 65, N°2 (2020)
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0717-9707
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/177571
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A green ancient thread sample from a Chilean mummy turban was analyzed by plasmon-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy using a direct drop-colloidal method. The enhanced-Raman signals in the sample are associated with biomolecules from the thread and two coexisting dyes, indigo and leuco-indigo. The presence of indigo (blue colour) was identified from its most characteristic vibrational bands. Leuco-indigo (yellow colour) was identified for the first time in an ancient textile; its SERS signals are coincident with the SERS bands of a synthesized leuco-indigo. The interconversion leuco-indigo to indigo was followed by UV-visible spectroscopy. Based on theoretical calculations it is proposed that the interconversion involves a it electron delocalization mainly around the NC-CN bridge. The mixture of both dyes (indigo and leuco-indigo) is the responsible for the green colour observed.
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Universidad de Playa Ancha (concurso regular de investigacion ano 2018)
FONDECYT 3150222
EQM150020 FONDEQUIP
CNE 10-1920
Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT)
CONICYT FONDECYT
11150944