Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 7, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app7050475
Keywords
surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles; melamine; detection; supramolecular hydrogen bonding; matrix
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31301483]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LY17C200016]
- Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department [Y201329221]
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry
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A fast and cost-effective melamine detection approach has been developed based on surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) using a novel hydrogen bonding- assisted supramolecular matrix. The detection utilizes Fe3O4/Au magnetic nanoparticles coated with 5-aminoorotic acid (AOA) as a SERS active substrate ( Fe3O4/ Au- AOA), and Rhodamine B (RhB) conjugated AOA as a Raman reporter ( AOA-RhB). Upon mixing the reagents with melamine, a supramolecular complex [Fe3O4/ Au-AOA center dot center dot center dot melamine center dot center dot center dot AOA-RhB] was formed due to the strong multiple hydrogen bonding interactions between AOA and melamine. The complex was separated and concentrated to a pellet by an external magnet and used as a supramolecular matrix for the melamine detection. Laser excitation of the complex pellet produced a strong SERS signal diagnostic for RhB. The logarithmic intensity of the characteristic RhB peaks was found to be proportional to the concentration of melamine with a limit of detection of 2.5 mu g/mL and a detection linearity range of 2.5 similar to 15.0 mu g/ mL in milk. As Fe3O4 nanoparticles and AOA are thousands of times less expensive than the monoclonal antibody used in a traditional sandwich immunoassay, the current assay drastically cut down the cost of melamine detection. The current approach affords promise as a biosensor platform that cuts down sample pre- treatment steps and measurement expense.
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