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Highly Sensitive Detection of Mercury(II) Ions by Fluorescence Polarization Enhanced by Gold Nanoparticles

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Going for gold! Thymine–Hg2+–thymine coordination is used as the basis for a selective assay that detects Hg2+ ions with a limit of up to 0.2 parts per billion. The detection is based on the enhancement of fluorescence polarization (FP) by gold nanoparticles (see picture). The overall assay can be carried out at room temperature within only ten minutes, making it suitable for high-throughput routine applications in environment and food samples.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803069

Authors: Bang‐Ce Ye, Bin‐Cheng Yin

Institutions: East China University of Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering

Language: English

Topic: Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2100558674

FWCI: 8.012

Cites: 40

Cited by: 390

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