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Iodine-mediated etching of triangular gold nanoplates for colorimetric sensing of copper ion and aptasensing of chloramphenicol

  • Chia Chen Chang*
  • , Guoqing Wang
  • , Tohru Takarada
  • , Mizuo Maeda
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • RIKEN

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Abstract

A colorimetric method for fast, simple, and selective detection of Cu2+ was developed using I-mediated etching of triangular gold nanoplates (AuNPLs). The method was based on our finding that Cu2+ efficiently promoted this etching in the presence of SCN-. The etching process was accompanied by a dramatic color change from blue to red, allowing for visual and spectroscopic detection of Cu2+ with detection limits of 10 and 1 μM, respectively. When molecular recognition by a DNA aptamer was incorporated into this method, visual detection of chloramphenicol was also achieved with a detection limit of 5 μM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)34518-34525
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume9
Issue number39
DOIs
StatePublished - 04 10 2017
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Chemical Society.

Keywords

  • Aptamer
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Copper ion
  • Etching
  • Gold nanoplate

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