Published in Microchimica Acta
A fluorescent probe is described for detection of mercury(II) ion by using L-cysteine-modified gold nanoparticles (Cys-AuNP). These were fabricated by a tube-based redox reaction where Cys acts as both the reducing reagent and capping ligand. The Cys-AuNP display red fluorescence, with excitation/emission peaks at 373/625 nm. Owing to the high-affi...
Published in Journal of hazardous materials
The broad spectrum detection of veterinary drugs is very important for rapid and large-scale safe screen of animal-derived foods. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), as a kind of emerged functional porous materials are quite promising in the chemical sensing and molecular detection. In this work, we report the high-performance broad spectrum detection...
Published in Microchimica Acta
A method for sensitive detection of nitrite is presented. It is found that the red fluorescence of gold nanoclusters (with excitation/emission maxima at 365/635 nm) is quenched by traces of iodine via etching. Free iodide is formed by oxidation of iodide by bromate anion under the catalytic effect of nitrite. This catalytic process provides a sensi...
Published in Microchimica Acta
A flexible adhesive tape decorated with SERS-active silver nanorods (AgNRs) in the form of an array nanostructure is described. The tape was constructed by transferring the AgNRs nanostructures from silicon to the transparent tape by a “paste & peel off” procedure. The transparent, sticky, and flexible properties of commercial tapes allow almost an...
Published in Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications
Label-free, sensitive, compatible and non-invasive nature of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) had substantially influenced various biological applications such as cell investigations, analysis of biomolecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins and detection of biomarkers for various diseases. This renders the engineering of bio-compatible, sensit...
Published in Microchimica Acta
A microplate-based assay is described for the sensitive and selective fluorometric determination of the pesticide dimethoate. Molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP)-coated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) are used as the molecular recognition probe. The MIP-coated QDs were synthesized using one-step reversed-phase microemulsion in the presence of hydrophob...
Published in Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
Oxidative aggregation of γ-crystallins induced by copper in aged lens increases the lens opacity and causes cataract formation. Therefore, chelation of free Cu2+ by small molecules can inhibit metal-mediated aggregation of γ-crystallin. In this work, the inhibition potency of several naturally occurring flavonoid compounds was studied against aggre...
Published in SN Applied Sciences
The study of binding of drug with protein is an important process in determining the activity and consequences of the drug. However, the current screening methods to investigate the drug–protein interaction are still pervaded with some disadvantages such as large requirement of sample volume and the need of expensive instrumentation. Here, we prese...
Published in Microchimica Acta
A nanocomposite was prepared from carbon nanotubes and MoSe2 (CNT-MoSe2). This nanomaterial quenches the fluorescence of fluorescein-labeled aptamers. When ciprofloxacin (CIP) binds to the aptamer, an aptamer/G-quadruplex complex will be formed and the interaction between labeled aptamer and CNT-MoSe2 nanostructures is weakened. This leads to signi...
β-Casein, a phosphoprotein representing 37% of the bovine milk caseins, has specific features promoting its application as a nanocarrier for hydrophobic bioactives. In this study, the interactions of β-casein with curcumin and vitamin D3 under the same physico-chemical conditions were investigated. The interaction kinetics have been studied by surf...
