A Rapid and Highly Selective Resonance Scattering Spectral Assay for Trace Carcinoembryonic Antigen

Ultrasensitive resonance scattering (RS) spectral detection for trace tetracycline in milk using aptamer-coated nanogold (ACNG) as a catalyst

This paper reports an ultrasensitive resonance scattering (RS) method to detect tetracycline (TET) in milk based on the competition of aptamers between nanogold and TET, aggregation of naked nanogold, nanocatalytic Fehling reaction, and RS signals of catalytic product Cu₂O cubic. The detection principle was confirmed by the nanoparticle size analyzer (NANOS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The variations of RS intensity had good linear correlation with TET concentrations, and the limit of detection was calculated as 11.6 nM. The proposed method was successfully applied for analysis of TET in milk, with total recoveries ranging from 105 to 109%.

Resonance scattering spectral detection of trace ATP based on label-free aptamer reaction and nanogold catalysis

Double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) cannot protect gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in the presence of NaCl, and dsDNA interacted with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to form stable G-quartet and a single-stranded DNA (DNA 2) that can protect AuNPs. The unprotected AuNPs were aggregated to AuNP aggregations (AuNPA) that exhibited a resonance scattering (RS) peak at 590 nm. The RS intensity at 590 nm decreased linearly when the ATP concentration increased in the range of 6.6-110 nM. The catalysis of AuNP-DNA 2 was stronger than that of the AuNPA on the glucose-Cu(II) particle reaction, and the product appeared as an RS peak at 620 nm. When the ATP concentration was increased, the AuNP-DNA 2 increased, and the RS intensity at 620 nm increased linearly. The increased RS intensity (ΔI(620 nm)) was linear to ATP concentration in the range of 2.2-220 nM, with a regression equation of ΔI(620 nm) = 0.709C + 7.7, and a detection limit of 0.5 nM. Hereby, a new RS method of ATP detection was set up with high sensitivity and selectivity.

Catalysis of aptamer-modified AuPd nanoalloy probe and its application to resonance scattering detection of trace UO(2)2+

AuPd nanoalloy and nanopalladium with a diameter of 5 nm were prepared, using sodium citrate as the stabilizing agent and NaBH(4) as the reductant. The nanocatalyst containing palladium on the surface exhibited a strong catalytic effect on the slow NiP particle reaction between NiCl(2) and NaH(2)PO(2), and the NiP particle system showed a resonance scattering (RS) peak at 508 nm. The RS results showed that the Pd atom on AuPd nanoalloy surface is the catalytic center. Combining the aptamer cracking reaction of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA)-UO(2)(2+), AuPd nanoalloy aggregation, and AuPd nanoalloy catalysis, both AuPd nanoalloy RS probe and AuPd nanoalloy catalytic RS assays were developed for the determination of 40-250 pmol L(-1) UO(2)(2+) and 5.0-50 pmol L(-1) UO(2)(2+), respectively.