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Mamipour Z, Kompany-Zareh M, Nematollahzadeh A. A dually emissive MPA-CdTe QDs@N, S-GQD nanosensor for sensitive and selective detection of 4-nitrophenol using two turn-off signals. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 15:6073-6081. [PMID: 37927300 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay01160g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
4-Nitrophenol (4-NP) is an extremely poisonous and carcinogenic phenol that poses serious health issues to humans. Therefore, it becomes highly demanded and urgent to determine 4-NP in water samples. In this study, we developed a facile and effective dually-emissive nanosensor containing simply mixed CdTe quantum dots (CdTe QDs) and N, S modified graphene quantum dots (N, S-GQDs) for 4-NP. The synthesized CdTe QDs and N, S-GQDs exhibited excitation-independent emission located at 540 nm and 420 nm, respectively. The nanosensor displayed two turn-off fluorescent signals when exposed to 4-NP. The degree of quenching varied depending on the excitation wavelength range used, which can be explained by the quenching phenomenon based on the inner filter effect (IFE). Moreover, analysis of the recorded excitation-emission matrix (EEM) data using the parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) technique revealed a negative emission spectrum corresponding to non-emissive 4-NP. On the other hand, the species with no peak in fluorescence data had a negative spectrum as the PARAFAC emission loading. Under the optimized conditions, the CdTe QDs@GQD nanosensor achieved fast and highly sensitive detection of 4-NP within the concentration range of 0.0-30.0 μM, with a detection limit of 0.52 μΜ.
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- Zahra Mamipour
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran.
- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran.
- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil, Iran
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Huang L, Huang H, Zhang Z, Li G. Contractile Hairpin DNA-Mediated Dual-Mode Strategy for Simultaneous Quantification of Lactoferrin and Iron Ion by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Fluorescence Analysis. Anal Chem 2023; 95:5946-5954. [PMID: 36972417 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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DNA-mediated self-assembly technology with good sensitivity and affinity ability has been rapidly developed in the field of probe sensing. The efficient and accurate quantification of lactoferrin (Lac) and iron ions (Fe3+) in human serum and milk samples by the probe sensing method can provide useful clues for human health and early diagnosis of anemia. In this paper, contractile hairpin DNA-mediated dual-mode probes of Fe3O4/Ag-ZIF8/graphitic quantum dot (Fe3O4/Ag-ZIF8/GQD) NPs were prepared to realize the simultaneous quantification of Lac by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and Fe3+ by fluorescence (FL). In the presence of targets, these dual-mode probes would be triggered by the recognition of aptamer and release GQDs to produce FL response. Meanwhile, the complementary DNA began to shrink and form a new hairpin structure on the surface of Fe3O4/Ag, which produced hot spots and generated a good SERS response. Thus, the proposed dual-mode analytical strategy possessed excellent selectivity, sensitivity, and accuracy due to the dual-mode switchable signals from "off" to "on" in SERS mode and from "on" to "off" in FL mode. Under the optimized conditions, a good linear range was obtained in the range of 0.5-100.0 μg/L for Lac and 0.01-5.0 μmol/L for Fe3+ and with detection limits of 0.14 μg/L and 3.8 nmol/L, respectively. Finally, the contractile hairpin DNA-mediated SERS-FL dual-mode probes were successfully applied in the simultaneous quantification of iron ion and Lac in human serum and milk samples.
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- Lu Huang
- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Wu S, Yin Y, Sun C, Song W. Efficient Synthesis of Highly Photo‐stable N‐doped Carbon Quantum Dots and their Applications in Detection and Cellular Imaging of Mercury Ions. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Shunwei Wu
- School of Chemical Engineering Qinghai University Xining 810016 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering Qinghai University Xining 810016 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering Qinghai University Xining 810016 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering Qinghai University Xining 810016 China
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S and N co-doped graphene quantum dots as an effective fluorescence probe for sensing of furazolidone after magnetic solid-phase microextraction using magnetic multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Microchem J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2022.107439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hu X, Tang J, Shen Y. Turn-on fluorescence determination of sulfide based on site-occupying modulation of MOF-copper nanocluster interaction. Mikrochim Acta 2022; 189:306. [PMID: 35915277 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05422-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A tunable interaction between Fe-MOFs (MIL-53(Fe) and kojic acid (KA)-functional copper nanoclusters (Cu NCs) has been studied. When introducing MIL-53(Fe), the Fe-O bonds can be formed between the KA on the surface of Cu NCs and MIL-53(Fe), which will induce the electron transfer from Cu NCs to MIL-53(Fe) and fluorescence quenching of Cu NCs. By introducing S2- it occupies the Fe-site of MIL-53(Fe) and impede the interaction between Cu NCs and MIL-53(Fe), rendering a "turn-on" fluorescence signal. Thus, the KA-Cu NC/MIL-53(Fe) pair is designed as fluorescence sensing for S2-, which displays a low detection limit of 18.6 nM and a wide linear detection range from 0.05 to 5 µM by fitting the fluorescence intensity at maximum wavelength of 500 nm with excitation at 400 nm. It was also applied to monitor S2- in water samples and food additives with satisfactory results, demonstrating the practicability and reliability of the sensing strategy based on the tuable MOF-Cu NC interactions.
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- Xue Hu
- The Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Wastewater Reuse of Anhui Province, School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Wastewater Reuse of Anhui Province, School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- School of Food & Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China.
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Wang HB, Tao BB, Wu NN, Zhang HD, Liu YM. Glutathione-stabilized copper nanoclusters mediated-inner filter effect for sensitive and selective determination of p-nitrophenol and alkaline phosphatase activity. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 271:120948. [PMID: 35104744 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.120948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A simple and highly selective fluorescence biosensor has been exploited for p-nitrophenol (p-NP) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity detection based on the glutathione-stabilized copper nanoclusters (GSH-CuNCs) mediated-inner filter effect (IFE). The GSH-CuNCs were prepared by employing GSH as stabilizer and ascorbic acid (AA) as reductant. The obtained GSH-CuNCs exhibited a strong blue fluorescence emission at 420 nm with an excitation wavelength of 365 nm, which overlapped largely with the absorption spectra of p-nitrophenol (p-NP). Therefore, the luminescence of GSH-CuNCs could be quenched by p-NP through inner filter effect. In addition, ALP catalyzed the substrate p-nitrophenyl phosphate (p-NPP) to form p-nitrophenol (p-NP), which also leading to the fluorescence quenching of GSH-CuNCs. The fluorescent strategy was realized for the sensitive determination of p-NP and ALP activity with the promising limit of detection of 20 nM (for p-NP) and 0.003 mU⋅mL-1 (for ALP). Furthermore, the method could be applied to detect the p-NP content in river water samples and ALP activity in human serum samples.
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- Hai-Bo Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Key Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials for Bioanalysis, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Key Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials for Bioanalysis, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Key Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials for Bioanalysis, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Key Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials for Bioanalysis, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains, Xinyang Key Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials for Bioanalysis, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
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Wang F, Chai X, Fu X, Mao G, Wang H. Fabrication of nitrogen-enriched carbon dots with green fluorescence for enzyme-free detection of uric acid. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj02538h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Based on the fact that UA directly quenched the green fluorescence of NCDs prepared at RT, a non-invasive sensor was developed.
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- Fengxiang Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong 273165, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecule and Drug Innovation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- Huzhou Key Laboratory of Medical and Environmental Applications Technologies, School of Life Sciences, Huzhou University, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province 313000, P. R. China
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Dorontić S, Jovanović S, Bonasera A. Shedding Light on Graphene Quantum Dots: Key Synthetic Strategies, Characterization Tools, and Cutting-Edge Applications. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14206153. [PMID: 34683745 PMCID: PMC8539078 DOI: 10.3390/ma14206153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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During the last 20 years, the scientific community has shown growing interest towards carbonaceous nanomaterials due to their appealing mechanical, thermal, and optical features, depending on the specific nanoforms. Among these, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) recently emerged as one of the most promising nanomaterials due to their outstanding electrical properties, chemical stability, and intense and tunable photoluminescence, as it is witnessed by a booming number of reported applications, ranging from the biological field to the photovoltaic market. To date, a plethora of synthetic protocols have been investigated to modulate the portfolio of features that GQDs possess and to facilitate the use of these materials for target applications. Considering the number of publications and the rapid evolution of this flourishing field of research, this review aims at providing a broad overview of the most widely established synthetic protocols and offering a detailed review of some specific applications that are attracting researchers’ interest.
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- Slađana Dorontić
- “Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 522, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;
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- “Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 522, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;
- Correspondence: (S.J.); (A.B.)
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- Palermo Research Unit, Department of Physics and Chemistry—Emilio Segrè, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
- Correspondence: (S.J.); (A.B.)
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