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SUBMITTER: Wei H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3071852 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wei Hui H Wang Zidong Z Yang Limin L Tian Shiliang S Hou Changjun C Lu Yi Y
The Analyst 20100422 6
Highly fluorescent gold clusters have been synthesized in basic aqueous solution by using lysozyme as reducing and stabilizing agents. The lysozyme-stabilized gold fluorescent clusters (LsGFC) have an average size of 1 nm and emission approximately 657 nm. The fluorescence could be specifically quenched by Hg(2+), so the LsGFC can be used as a sensor for sensitive and selective Hg(2+) detection with a detection limit of 10 nM. ...[more]