Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 6, Issue 10, Pages 7371-7379Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am5006282
Keywords
surface-enhanced Raman scattering; heavy metal ions; magnetic silica nanospheres; T-Hg-T bridges
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [61275182, 61177033, 21104009]
- Science Foundation for The Excellent Youth Scholars of Southeast University
- Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Southeast University [YBJJ1125]
- Scientific Innovation Research Foundation of College Graduate in Jiangsu Province [CXZZ12_0094]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Heavy metal ions, such as Hg2+ and Ag+, pose severe risks in human health and the environment. For sensitive detection and selective removal of Hg2+ and Ag+ ions, here, we demonstrate a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active platform by employing the oligonucleotide-functionalized magnetic silica sphere (MSS)@Au nanoparticles (NPs). This system exploits mismatched T-Hg-T and C-Ag-C bridges to capture Hg2+ and Ag+ ions, exhibiting excellent responses for Hg2+ ions in the range of 0.1-1000 nM and for Ag+ in the range of 10-1000 nM. The assay is highly selective for the target ions and does not respond to other metal ions. Additionally, the Hg2+ and Ag+ ions in this system can be effectively removed from surrounding solutions by an external magnetic field or through spontaneous precipitation. Moreover, more than 80% of the MSS@Au NPs can be easily recycled with the help of cysteine. We anticipate that the designed strategy could be extended to other analytes that can bind to DNA molecules with a high affinity, and can be used in many potential applications such as environmental renovation, toxin detection, and groundwater analysis.
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