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Fluorescent Gold Nanoprobes for the Sensitive and Selective Detection for Hg.

ABSTRACT: A simple, cost-effective yet rapid and sensitive sensor for on-site and real-time Hg(2+) detection based on bovine serum albumin functionalized fluorescent gold nanoparticles as novel and environmentally friendly fluorescent probes was developed. Using this probe, aqueous Hg(2+) can be detected at 0.1 nM in a facile way based on fluorescence quenching. This probe was also applied to determine the Hg(2+) in the lake samples, and the results demonstrate low interference and high sensitivity. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11671-010-9730-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

SUBMITTER: Chai F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2964487 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fluorescent Gold Nanoprobes for the Sensitive and Selective Detection for Hg.

Chai Fang F Wang Tingting T Li Lu L Liu Haiyan H Zhang Lingyu L Su Zhongmin Z Wang Chungang C

Nanoscale research letters 20100902 11

A simple, cost-effective yet rapid and sensitive sensor for on-site and real-time Hg(2+) detection based on bovine serum albumin functionalized fluorescent gold nanoparticles as novel and environmentally friendly fluorescent probes was developed. Using this probe, aqueous Hg(2+) can be detected at 0.1 nM in a facile way based on fluorescence quenching. This probe was also applied to determine the Hg(2+) in the lake samples, and the results demonstrate low interference and high sensitivity. ELECT ...[more]

PMID: 21124635

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