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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/9/095502
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A simple light scattering detection method for neurotransmitters has been developed, based on the growth of gold nanoparticles. Neurotransmitters (dopamine, L-dopa, noradrenaline and adrenaline) can effectively function as active reducing agents for generating gold nanoparticles, which result in enhanced light scattering signals. The strong light scattering of gold nanoparticles then allows the quantitative detection of the neurotransmitters simply by using a common spectrofluorometer. In particular, Au-nanoparticle seeds were added to facilitate the growth of nanoparticles, which was found to enhance the sensing performance greatly. Using this light scattering technique based on the seed-mediated growth of gold nanoparticles, detection limits of 4.4 x 10(-7) M, 3.5 x 10(-7) M, 4.1 x 10(-7) M, and 7.7 x 10(-7) M were achieved for dopamine, L-dopa, noradrenaline and adrenaline, respectively.
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