Analyte-triggered autocatalytic amplification combined with gold nanoparticle probes for colorimetric detection of heavy-metal ions

Juanhua Yang, Yun Zhang, Lang Zhang, Huili Wang, Jinfang Nie, Zhongxiang Qin, Jiao Li, Wencheng Xiao

Chemical Communications · 2017 · 74 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

This work reports a new nanosensor based on analyte-triggered autocatalytic amplification and label-free gold nanoparticles for the colorimetric detection of Hg<sup>2+</sup>, Cu<sup>2+</sup>and Ag<sup>+</sup>with detection limits less than 3 nM.

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