Journal
MICROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 180, Issue 9-10, Pages 801-806Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-013-0972-0
Keywords
Fluoride ion; Fluorescent probe; Gold nanoparticles; Colorimetric detection; Self-immolative spacer
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- Nation Science Council [NSC-99-2113-M-027-002-MY3]
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We report on a sensitive detection scheme for fluoride that is based on a quinone-methide-type of rearrangement reaction to trigger a color change among cloaked gold nanoparticle agglomeration probes. Fluoride ions remove silyl moieties from phenol groups on the surface of the probes, and this causes a quinone-methide-type of rearrangement reaction to occur. This is accompanied by the release of a dithiol in a spontaneous and irreversible reaction at room temperature in aqueous medium. The released dithiol causes aggregation of the AuNPs which leads to a color change from pink-red to violet-blue that can easily be seen with bare eyes.. The generation of color by this cascade reactions is only caused by fluoride and not interfered by any other anions. The assay platform developed here offers a sensitive colorimetric assay for fluoride. The lower limit of detection is 120 mu M, and the dynamic concentration range is from 120 mu M to 1.5 mM.
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