Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages 5096-5103Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b00216
Keywords
biosensors; chiral molecule differentiation; chiral sensing core satellite GNPs; molecular electronics; tunneling current recognition
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- Deakin University
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- Australian Research Council [DP130101714]
- NSF (USA) [1334417]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [1454544] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1334417] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Chirality sensing is a very challenging task. Here, we report a method for ultrasensitive detection of chiral molecule L/D-carnitine based on changes in the recognition tunneling current across self-assembled core satellite gold nanoparticle (GNP) networks. The recognition tunneling technique has been demonstrated to work at the single molecule level where the binding between the reader molecules and the analytes in a nanojunction. This process was observed to generate a unique and sensitive change in tunneling current, which can be used to identify the analytes of interest. The molecular recognition mechanism between amino acid L-cysteine and L/D-carnitine has been studied with the aid of SERS. The different binding strength between homo- or heterochiral pairs can be effectively probed by the copper ion replacement fracture. The device resistance was measured before and after the sequential exposures to L/D-carnitine and copper ions. The normalized resistance change was found to be extremely sensitive to the chirality of carnitine molecule. The results suggested that a GNP networks device optimized for recognition tunneling was successfully built and that such a device can be used for ultrasensitive detection of chiral molecules.
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