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A Method for Selecting Structure-switching Aptamers Applied to a Colorimetric Gold Nanoparticle Assay
Published on: February 28, 2015
Gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric assay for selective detection of aluminium cation on living cellular surfaces
Xiaokun Li1, Jine Wang, Linlin Sun
1State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China.
Abstract:
A colorimetric assay based on pentapeptide (CALNN) functionalized gold nanoparticles exhibits high sensitivity and selectivity for detection of aluminium cation (Al(3+)) both in aqueous solution and on living cellular surfaces under physiological condition.

