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Liu X, Pant U, Logan N, He Q, Greer B, Elliott CT, Cao C. Non-linear responses via agglomeration and aggregation of gold nanoparticles for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) coupled with chemometric analysis for chlorpyrifos detection. Food Chem 2024; 455:139944. [PMID: 38850989 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139944] [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: 03/23/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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This study investigates the behaviour of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) when exposed to chlorpyrifos, an agricultural pesticide, and its application in detecting the pesticide via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Under synergistic addition of NaCl, AuNPs undergo agglomeration at lower chlorpyrifos concentrations but aggregation at higher concentrations, resulting in a distinctive nonlinear SERS response. A linear relationship is obtained between 0.001 and 1 ppm with detection limit (LOD) of 0.009 ppm, while an inverse response is observed at higher concentrations (1-1000 ppm) with a LOD of 1 ppm. Combining the colorimetric response of AuNP solutions, their absorbance spectra, and principal component analysis can improve detection reliability. The assay, coupled with a simple recovery method using acetonitrile swabbing, achieves high reproducibility in detecting chlorpyrifos in cucumber, even at concentrations as low as 0.11 ppm. This approach can be tailored for various chlorpyrifos concentrations not only in cucumbers but also in different food matrices.
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- Xiaotong Liu
- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom; School of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University (Rangsit Campus), Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom; Material and Advanced Technologies for Healthcare, Queen's University of Belfast, - 18-30 Malone Road Belfast, BT9 5DL, United Kingdom.
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Holey SA, Basak P, Bojja S, Nayak RR. The fabrication of bifunctional supramolecular glycolipid-based nanocomposite gel: insights into electrocatalytic performance with effective selectivity towards gold. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:6305-6313. [PMID: 37555430 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm00921a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Recovery, recycling, and reuse of metal waste have been re-intensified in the current era to build a sustainable future. In this context, gel nanocomposites were formulated by in situ reduction of gold within the low molecular weight gel matrix of synthetic glycolipid amphiphiles without using any external reducing/stabilizing agents. This strategy aroused the interest in formulating gel nanocomposites with preferential uptake of gold. The exclusive advantages owned by gold nanoparticle (GNP) embedded hydrogel offer an alternative to decorate the electrode surface without physical deposition/plating of the catalyst. Formation of GNP within the gel matrix was confirmed by the SPR peak in the UV-Visible spectrum. The particle size of 5-7 nm with zeta potential value in the range of -30.5 to -41.4 mV displayed good stability of nanoparticles in the gel matrix. Due to the encapsulation of nanoparticles within supramolecular assemblies of gel, a noteworthy increase in viscoelastic strength was observed, whereas the gelation behavior, melting temperature, and original fibrillar morphology of hydrogel remained intact. This hybrid gel exhibited good ionic conductivity (2.36 × 10-5 S cm-1) with appreciable ionic transport, remarkable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) augmentation in reduction potential from 0 V to -0.12 V vs. Ag/AgCl as reference electrode, and excellent thermal stability in a wide temperature range. This green and efficient approach can pave the way for creating GNP-embedded hierarchical architecture that can act as bifunctional electrolyte/electrocatalyst material.
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- Snehal Ashokrao Holey
- Department of Oils, Lipid Science and Technology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Department of Polymers and Functional Materials, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500007, India
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- Department of Analytical and Structural Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500007, India
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- Department of Oils, Lipid Science and Technology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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Keshavarzi P, Abbasi-Moayed S, Khodabakhsh M, Unal U, Hormozi-Nezhad MR. Chrono-colorimetric sensor array for detection and discrimination of halide ions using an all-in-one plasmonic sensor element. Talanta 2023; 259:124528. [PMID: 37060722 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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Most nanoparticle based colorimetric sensor array utilize several sensor elements and static response for discrimination of target analytes. This approach can be complicated and costly to synthesize or functionalize different nanoparticles for providing wide color variation. Herein, triangular silver nanoparticles (TSNPs) were used to develop a colorimetric sensor array by time-dimension responses. The principle of this sensor array is based on the diverse etching process of TSNPs in the presence of three halide ions, including bromide (Br-), iodide (I-) and chloride (Cl-). Various etchings of TSNPs induced color changes at different reaction time intervals, which produced a colorimetric pattern for each ion. Therefore, using time dependent etching responses of TSNPs as a single sensing component can produce a wide color variation which can be distinguished by naked eyes. The colorimetric responses of TSNPs upon the addition of different concentrations of halide ions have been analyzed by PLS regression (PLS-R) and PLS discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). The analytical figures of merit confirmed that the developed chrono-colorimetric TSNPs -based sensor array is successful in both the discrimination and quantitative detection of halide ions. At the final step, the three halide ions were accurately determined in a real water sample, which verified the potential of the developed sensor in a real sample.
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- Parham Keshavarzi
- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 111559516, Iran
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Kharazmi University, 15719-14911, Tehran, Iran.
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- Chemistry Department, Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450, Istanbul, Turkey; Koc University Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 111559516, Iran; Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 11155-9516, Iran.
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Mujahid MH, Upadhyay TK, Khan F, Pandey P, Park MN, Sharangi AB, Saeed M, Upadhye VJ, Kim B. Metallic and metal oxide-derived nanohybrid as a tool for biomedical applications. Biomed Pharmacother 2022; 155:113791. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Car J, Krstulović N. Fitting Procedure to Reconstruct the Size Distribution and the Concentration of Silver Colloidal Nanoparticles from UV-Vis Spectra. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:3302. [PMID: 36234429 PMCID: PMC9565506 DOI: 10.3390/nano12193302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this work, a complete fitting procedure of UV-Vis spectra of silver nanoparticles in colloidal solutions is reported. The fitting function, based on the Beer-Lambert law, Mie theory, and log-normal probability distribution of nanoparticles' sizes, is developed and confirmed by 33 different independent measurements. In order to validate the accuracy of the function's behavior on different spectra, freely accessible measurements were used, proving that the fitting function works independently of the method of their production-laser or chemical synthesis of nanoparticles. The developed fitting function is, to the best of our knowledge, novel and not based on any conventional spectral analysis approaches like the Mie-Gans procedure. Furthermore, since fitted parameters are all physical, it allows determination of the mode diameter of nanoparticles as well as the standard deviation of the log-normal distribution of sizes. It enables the reconstruction of size distribution of nanoparticles in colloidal solution. Step-by-step derivation of the fitting function is provided with a physical explanation of all parameters. The importance of Lorentzian dependence emerging at the core of Beer-Lambert law is physically discussed and linked to harmonic oscillator behavior of localized surface plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles in a colloidal solution. Size distribution reconstruction from fitted parameters according to a log-normal distribution function is provided and a concentration calculation is presented.
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Philip A, Kumar AR. The performance enhancement of surface plasmon resonance optical sensors using nanomaterials: A review. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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McCarron E, Chambers G. A review of suitable analytical technology for physio-chemical characterisation of nanomaterials in the customs laboratory. TALANTA OPEN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talo.2021.100069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Murugan K, Subramaniam J, Rajaganesh R, Panneerselvam C, Amuthavalli P, Vasanthakumaran M, Jayashanthini S, Dinesh D, Anitha J, Wang L, Hwang JS, Dahms HU, Mudigonda S, Aziz AT. Efficacy and side effects of bio-fabricated sardine fish scale silver nanoparticles against malarial vector Anopheles stephensi. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19567. [PMID: 34599250 PMCID: PMC8486798 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98899-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Mosquitoes are a great menace for humankind since they transmit pathogenic organisms causing Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Elephantiasis and Japanese encephalitis. There is an urgent need to discover new and novel biological tools to mitigate mosquito-borne diseases. To develop bioinsecticides through newly developed nanotechnology is another option in the present research scenario. In this study we synthesize and characterize sardine fish scales with silver nitrate by adopting various instrumental techniques such as UV- and FTIR-spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray (EDAX), X-ray diffraction analyses (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Toxicity bioassays were conducted with young developmental stages of mosquito vectors. Significant mortality appeared after different life stages of mosquito vectors (young larval and pupal instars were exposed to the nanomaterials). LC50 values were 13.261 ppm for young first instar larvae and 32.182 ppm for pupae. Feeding and predatory potential of G. affinis, before and after exposure to nanoparticles against mosquito larval (I & II) instars of the mosquitoes showed promising results in laboratory experiments. Feeding potential of mosquito fish without nanoparticle treatment was 79.7% and 70.55% for the first and second instar larval populations respectively. At the nanoparticle-exposed situation the predatory efficiency of mosquitofish was 94.15% and 84.3%, respectively. Antioxidant enzymes like (SOD), (CAT), and (LPO) were estimated in the gill region of sardine fish in control and experimental waters. A significant reduction of egg hatchability was evident after nanoparticle application. It became evident from this study that the nano-fabricated materials provide suitable tools to control the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in the aquatic phase of its life cycle. This finding suggests an effective novel approach to mosquito control.
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- Kadarkarai Murugan
- Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641046, India.
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- Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641046, India
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- Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641046, India
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- Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641046, India
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- Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641046, India
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- Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641046, India
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- Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641046, India
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, China
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- Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
- Center of Excellence for Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
- Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
- Research Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
- Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City, 804, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia
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Sonbol H, Ameen F, AlYahya S, Almansob A, Alwakeel S. Padina boryana mediated green synthesis of crystalline palladium nanoparticles as potential nanodrug against multidrug resistant bacteria and cancer cells. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5444. [PMID: 33686169 PMCID: PMC7940407 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84794-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Green synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as a new and promising alternative to overcome the drug resistance problem. Peculiar nano-specific features of palladium NPs (Pd-NPs) offer invaluable possibilities for clinical treatment. Due to the development of multi-drug resistance (MDR) in pathogenic bacteria and the prevalence of cancers, use of algae-mediated Pd-NPs could be a prospective substitute. Therefore, Pd-NPs were synthesized by a one-step, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly green method using the extract from a brown alga, Padina boryana (PB-extract), and evaluated for their antibacterial, antibiofilm, and anticancer activities. Pd-NPs were physicochemically characterized for size, shape, morphology, surface area, charge, atomic composition, crystal structure, and capping of Pd-NPs by PB-extract biomolecules by various techniques. The data revealed crystalline Pd-NPs with an average diameter of 8.7 nm, crystal size/structure of 11.16 nm/face-centered cubic, lattice d-spacing of 0.226 nm, 28.31% as atomic percentage, surface area of 16.1 m2/g, hydrodynamic size of 48 nm, and zeta-potential of - 28.7 ± 1.6 mV. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis revealed the role of PB-extract in capping of Pd-NPs by various functional groups such as -OH, C=C, C-O, and C-N from phenols, aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic rings, and aliphatic amine. Out of 31, 23 compounds were found involved in biosynthesis by Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Isolated strains were identified as MDR Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia fergusonii, Acinetobacter pittii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aeromonas enteropelogenes, and Proteus mirabilis and Pd-NPs exhibited strong antibacterial/antibiofilm activities against them with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in the range of 62.5-125 μg/mL. Moreover, cell viability assays showed concentration-dependent anti-proliferation of breast cancer MCF-7 cells. Pd-NPs also enhanced mRNA expression of apoptotic marker genes in the order: p53 (5.5-folds) > bax (3.5-folds) > caspase-3 (3-folds) > caspase-9 (2-folds) at 125 μg/mL. This study suggested the possible role of PB-extract capped Pd-NPs for successful clinical management of MDR pathogens and breast cancer cells.
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- Hana Sonbol
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- National Center for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Bongaerts E, Nawrot TS, Van Pee T, Ameloot M, Bové H. Translocation of (ultra)fine particles and nanoparticles across the placenta; a systematic review on the evidence of in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo studies. Part Fibre Toxicol 2020; 17:56. [PMID: 33138843 PMCID: PMC7607677 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-020-00386-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Fetal development is a crucial window of susceptibility in which exposure may lead to detrimental health outcomes at birth and later in life. The placenta serves as a gatekeeper between mother and fetus. Knowledge regarding the barrier capacity of the placenta for nanoparticles is limited, mostly due to technical obstacles and ethical issues. We systematically summarize and discuss the current evidence and define knowledge gaps concerning the maternal-fetal transport and fetoplacental accumulation of (ultra)fine particles and nanoparticles. We included 73 studies on placental translocation of particles, of which 21 in vitro/ex vivo studies, 50 animal studies, and 2 human studies on transplacental particle transfer. This systematic review shows that (i) (ultra)fine particles and engineered nanoparticles can bypass the placenta and reach fetal units as observed for all the applied models irrespective of the species origin (i.e., rodent, rabbit, or human) or the complexity (i.e., in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo), (ii) particle size, particle material, dose, particle dissolution, gestational stage of the model, and surface composition influence maternal-fetal translocation, and (iii) no simple, standardized method for nanoparticle detection and/or quantification in biological matrices is available to date. Existing evidence, research gaps, and perspectives of maternal-fetal particle transfer are highlighted.
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- Eva Bongaerts
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 703, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building C, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
- Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building C, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Seku K, Hussaini SS, Pejjai B, Al Balushi MMS, Dasari R, Golla N, Reddy GB. A rapid microwave-assisted synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Ziziphus jujuba Mill fruit extract and their catalytic and antimicrobial properties. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-020-01386-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Li Y, Liu Q, Chen Z. A colorimetric sensor array for detection and discrimination of antioxidants based on Ag nanoshell deposition on gold nanoparticle surfaces. Analyst 2019; 144:6276-6282. [PMID: 31580334 DOI: 10.1039/c9an01637f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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There is growing interest in developing a high-performance sensor array for detection and discrimination of antioxidants owing to their widespread use and essential role in the human body. The present work unveils a novel colorimetric sensor array for colorimetric discrimination of antioxidants based on the red, green, and blue alteration (ΔRGB) pattern recognition. In this sensor array, three concentrations of AgNO3 were used as sensing elements, and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were employed as a colorimetric probe. In the presence of antioxidants, the sensor array produces unique colorimetric response patterns for the discrimination of these antioxidants due to different reactivities between three different concentrations of AgNO3 and each antioxidant, leading to deposition of different quantities of Ag nanoshells on the surface of AuNPs, enabling an excellent discrimination of six antioxidants (catechin, epigallocatechin 3-gallate, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin 3-gallate, and gallocatechin) at a 20 nM level, when linear discriminant analysis (LDA), hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), centroid diagram, spidergram, and color contour profiles were smartly combined. Furthermore, different concentrations of antioxidants and binary antioxidant mixtures, even ternary mixtures, could also be discriminated with this sensor array. Finally, the sensor array was successfully used for the discrimination of antioxidants in serum samples, demonstrating its potential applications in the diagnosis of antioxidant-related diseases.
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- Yanan Li
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
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Shahrajabian M, Hormozi-Nezhad MR. Chemiluminometric fingerprints for identification of plasmonic nanoparticles. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 209:85-94. [PMID: 30359853 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Development of a convenient and inexpensive method for identification and detection of nanoparticles (NPs) is of great interest. In this work, we have developed a novel and simple chemiluminescence based sensor array, with its sensing mechanism mimicking that of olfactory and gustatory systems for discriminating a set of NPs. The proposed method is based on the enhancement effect of NPs on luminol-oxidant CL intensity by their catalytic effect. Three kinds of oxidant including H2O2, AgNO3, and K3Fe(CN)6 were used as sensor elements and NPs exhibited diverse enhancing responses to different oxidant-luminol CL systems producing unique response patterns that were identified through heat map and chemometric methods, including linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA). Five NPs have been well distinguished at various concentrations. In addition, this method clearly revealed a linear relationship between CL signal values and the concentrations of NPs for the quantitative detection of NPs. We believe that this type of CL sensor array can open a new way for facile discrimination and detection of different kinds of NPs.
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- Maryam Shahrajabian
- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9516, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9516, Iran; Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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You Z, Jakubowski N, Panne U, Weidner SM. Separation of polystyrene nanoparticles with different coatings using two-dimensional off-line coupling of asymmetrical flow field flow fractionation and capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr A 2019; 1593:119-126. [PMID: 30704773 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The successful off-line coupling of asymmetrical flow field flow fractionation (AF4) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) for separation of nanoparticles (NPs) with different surface coatings was shown. We could successfully demonstrate that, in a certain NP size range, hyphenation of both techniques significantly improved the separation of differently coated NPs. Three mixtures of polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) with comparable core sizes but different coatings (no coating/carboxyl-coated) were studied. Separation in either method resulted in non-baseline resolved or non-separated peaks. In contrast, two-dimensional off-line coupling of AF4 and CE resulted in clearly separated regions in their 2 D plots in case of 20 and 50 nm particle mixtures, whereas the 100 nm NP mixture could not be separated at all. Various factors affecting the separation like hydrodynamic diameter or SDS concentration were discussed.
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- Zengchao You
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Richard-Willstätter-Str. 11, D-12489 Berlin, Germany; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Richard-Willstätter-Str. 11, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Richard-Willstätter-Str. 11, D-12489 Berlin, Germany; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Richard-Willstätter-Str. 11, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
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Ongaratto R, Conte N, Montes D’Oca CR, Brinkerhoff RC, Ruas CP, Gelesky MA, Montes D’Oca MG. In situ formation of AuNPs using fatty N-acylamino hydrazide organogelators as templates. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04127j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This work reports, for the first time, the synthesis of new fatty N-acylamino hydrazides and demonstrates the activity of these compounds as low-molecular-weight organic gelators and templates for preparation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs).
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- Renata Ongaratto
- Laboratório Kolbe de Síntese Orgânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
- Rio Grande
- Brazil
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- Laboratório Kolbe de Síntese Orgânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
- Rio Grande
- Brazil
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- Laboratório Kolbe de Síntese Orgânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
- Rio Grande
- Brazil
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- Laboratório de Catálise e Síntese Inorgânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
- Rio Grande
- Brazil
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- Laboratório de Catálise e Síntese Inorgânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
- Rio Grande
- Brazil
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A wide-color-varying ratiometric nanoprobe for detection of norepinephrine in urine samples. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1039:124-131. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Wang YC, Rhéaume É, Lesage F, Kakkar A. Synthetic Methodologies to Gold Nanoshells: An Overview. Molecules 2018; 23:E2851. [PMID: 30400168 PMCID: PMC6278292 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23112851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 10/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Gold nanostructures that can be synthetically articulated to adapt diverse morphologies, offer a versatile platform and tunable properties for applications in a variety of areas, including biomedicine and diagnostics. Among several conformational architectures, gold nanoshells provide a highly advantageous combination of properties that can be fine-tuned in designing single or multi-purpose nanomaterials, especially for applications in biology. One of the important parameters for evaluating the efficacy of gold nano-architectures is their reproducible synthesis and surface functionalization with desired moieties. A variety of methods now exist that allow fabrication and chemical manipulation of their structure and resulting properties. This review article provides an overview and a discussion of synthetic methodologies to a diverse range of gold nanoshells, and a brief summary of surface functionalization and characterization methods employed to evaluate their overall composition.
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- Yu-Chen Wang
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.
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- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada.
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- Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada.
- Department of Electrical Engineering Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, C.P. 6079 succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.
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Mourdikoudis S, Pallares RM, Thanh NTK. Characterization techniques for nanoparticles: comparison and complementarity upon studying nanoparticle properties. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:12871-12934. [PMID: 29926865 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr02278j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 554] [Impact Index Per Article: 92.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nanostructures have attracted huge interest as a rapidly growing class of materials for many applications. Several techniques have been used to characterize the size, crystal structure, elemental composition and a variety of other physical properties of nanoparticles. In several cases, there are physical properties that can be evaluated by more than one technique. Different strengths and limitations of each technique complicate the choice of the most suitable method, while often a combinatorial characterization approach is needed. In addition, given that the significance of nanoparticles in basic research and applications is constantly increasing, it is necessary that researchers from separate fields overcome the challenges in the reproducible and reliable characterization of nanomaterials, after their synthesis and further process (e.g. annealing) stages. The principal objective of this review is to summarize the present knowledge on the use, advances, advantages and weaknesses of a large number of experimental techniques that are available for the characterization of nanoparticles. Different characterization techniques are classified according to the concept/group of the technique used, the information they can provide, or the materials that they are destined for. We describe the main characteristics of the techniques and their operation principles and we give various examples of their use, presenting them in a comparative mode, when possible, in relation to the property studied in each case.
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- Stefanos Mourdikoudis
- Biophysics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Ghasemi F, Hormozi-Nezhad MR, Mahmoudi M. Label-free detection of β-amyloid peptides (Aβ40 and Aβ42): a colorimetric sensor array for plasma monitoring of Alzheimer's disease. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:6361-6368. [PMID: 29561053 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr00195b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Monitoring the ratio of 40- and 42-residue amyloid β peptides (i.e., Aβ40 and Aβ42) in human plasma is considered one of the hallmarks of detection of the early stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, development of a specific, yet non-antibody-based method for simultaneous detection of Aβ40 and Aβ42 may have considerable clinical applications. Here, we developed a 'nanoparticle-based colorimetric sensor array' utilizing label-free gold and silver nanoparticles for visual detection of Aβ42 and Aβ40. Different aggregation behaviors of nanoparticles through their conjugation with Aβ42 and Aβ40 followed by the coordination of Aβ42 and Aβ40 with Cu(ii) led to diverse spectral and color changes. The spectral changes were quantitatively differentiated by a supervised pattern recognition approach, linear discriminant analysis (LDA). The proposed sensor array was able to discriminate among Aβ42, Aβ40, and HSA in different concentrations (50 nmol L-1 to 500 nmol L-1) and their mixtures. Moreover, the sensor array had the capability to identify structurally similar Aβ peptides in human plasma samples. The developed sensor array technology might pave the way for a cheap and rapid, yet robust, platform for high-throughput screening of human plasma for defining the at-risk population for AD.
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- Forough Ghasemi
- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 11155-9516, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 11155-9516, Iran. and Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Fahimi-Kashani N, Hormozi-Nezhad MR. Gold Nanorod-Based Chrono-Colorimetric Sensor Arrays: A Promising Platform for Chemical Discrimination Applications. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:1386-1394. [PMID: 31458467 PMCID: PMC6641533 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Most array-based sensing platforms, to date, utilize static response patterns for discrimination of a wide variety of analytes, but only a few studies have focused on the important task of quantitatively resolving structural isomers, which are nowadays important because of their broad usage in medicines and industries. A possible way of accomplishing this feat is to combine kinetic (rather than static) sensor response profiles with the chemical tongue strategy to allow the development of array-based sensors for isomeric discrimination. Here, by adding the time dimension, a simple and novel gold nanorod (AuNR)-based chrono-colorimetric sensor array is proposed for chemical discrimination applications. Because of their similar structure but different redox potentials, dihydroxybenzene (DHB) structural isomers have been chosen, as models, to evaluate the applicability of the proposed array. The principle of the array relies on various growth rates of silver shells on AuNRs at different silver ion/AuNR concentration ratios owing to the different kinetic behaviors of DHBs, which can be used as fingerprints to identify DHBs with the help of multivariate analysis methods. The combinatorial colorimetric response of AuNRs upon DHB addition has been analyzed by linear discriminant analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis. Finally, identification of individual DHBs or their mixtures in real samples confirms the potential application of the proposed array.
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- Nafiseh Fahimi-Kashani
- Department of Chemistry and Institute of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University
of Technology, Tehran 11155-9516, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University
of Technology, Tehran 11155-9516, Iran
- E-mail: (R.H.-N.)
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Abbasi-Moayed S, Golmohammadi H, Hormozi-Nezhad MR. A nanopaper-based artificial tongue: a ratiometric fluorescent sensor array on bacterial nanocellulose for chemical discrimination applications. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:2492-2502. [PMID: 29340401 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr05801b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In the present study, a ratiometric fluorescent sensor array as an artificial tongue has been developed on a nanopaper platform for chemical discrimination applications. The bacterial cellulose (BC) nanopaper was utilized for the first time as a novel, flexible, and transparent substrate in the optical sensor arrays for developing high-performance artificial tongues. To fabricate this platform, the hydrophobic walls on the BC nanopaper substrates were successfully created using a laser printing technology. In addition, we have used the interesting photoluminescence (PL) properties of an immobilized ratiometric probe (carbon dot-Rhodamine B (CD-RhB) nanohybrids) on the nanopaper platform to improve the visual discrimination analysis. Heavy metal ions were utilized as model analytes to verify the applicability of the fabricated nanopaper-based ratiometric fluorescent sensor array (NRFSA). Using the color variation of the NRFSA platform upon the addition of heavy metal ions, which have been obtained by a smartphone (under an UV irradiation), five heavy metal ions (i.e., Hg(ii), Pb(ii), Cd(ii), Fe(iii), and Cu(ii)) have been well-distinguished through the RGB analysis via production of the characteristic PL fingerprint-like response patterns for each of them. Moreover, the developed optical sensor array was successfully exploited to identify the heavy metal ions in the water and fish samples. We have also found that the PL spectra, which have been obtained by a spectrofluorometer, of the developed NRFSA can be exploited for discrimination applications. We believe that the nanopaper-based artificial tongues will provide innovative insights into the development of optical sensor arrays towards advanced (bio)chemical discrimination applications and can revolutionize the conventional optical sensor array technology.
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- Samira Abbasi-Moayed
- Chemistry Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 11155-9516, Iran.
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Abbasi-Moayed S, Golmohammadi H, Bigdeli A, Hormozi-Nezhad MR. A rainbow ratiometric fluorescent sensor array on bacterial nanocellulose for visual discrimination of biothiols. Analyst 2018; 143:3415-3424. [DOI: 10.1039/c8an00637g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The crucial role of biothiols in many biological processes, which turns them into important biomarkers for the early diagnosis of various diseases, the development of an affordable, sensitive and portable probe for the detection and discrimination of these compounds is of great importance.
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- Chemistry Department
- Sharif University of Technology
- Tehran
- Iran
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- Chemistry Department
- Sharif University of Technology
- Tehran
- Iran
- Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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Bigdeli A, Ghasemi F, Golmohammadi H, Abbasi-Moayed S, Nejad MAF, Fahimi-Kashani N, Jafarinejad S, Shahrajabian M, Hormozi-Nezhad MR. Nanoparticle-based optical sensor arrays. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:16546-16563. [PMID: 29083011 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr03311g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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As in many other methods that have integrated nanoparticles (NPs), the chemical nose/tongue strategy has also progressed greatly since the entrance of NPs into this field. The fascinating tunable physicochemical properties of NPs have made them powerful candidates for array-based sensing platforms and have enabled the development of real-time, sensitive and portable systems that are able to target complex mixtures of analytes. In particular, the unique optical properties of NPs have a key role in providing promising array-based sensing approaches. This review will describe the main aspects and processes of most common NP-based optical sensor arrays. The fundamental steps in the design of a sensor array together with details of each step would be provided. The review begins with the principles of optical sensor arrays and presents the concept of cross-reactivity as the main criterion in the selection of sensing elements. Changes in the absorption and emission properties of the assembled sensing elements are categorized into two main classes of optical signals (colorimetric and fluorometric). Popular chemometric methods used for analyzing the data acquired by a sensor array have also been briefly introduced. On the basis of the objective and the desired application, different types of plasmonic and fluorescent NP that possess unique opto-physical properties have been presented as available choices in the design of sensing elements. The vast number of applications of NP-based optical sensor arrays published throughout the literature have then been reviewed according to their mechanism of interaction and the type of optical signal. Finally, the remaining challenges and future directions in this topic have been highlighted.
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- Arafeh Bigdeli
- Chemistry Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9516, Iran.
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