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An Anaerobic Biosensor Assay for the Detection of Mercury and Cadmium
Published on: December 17, 2018
A highly sensitive and selective "signal-on" electrochemiluminescent biosensor for mercury
Xi Zhu1, Lifeng Chen, Zhenyu Lin
1Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|April 29, 2010
Abstract:
A highly sensitive and selective electrochemiluminescent biosensor was designed for mercury(ii) based on T-Hg(2+)-T complex by using Ru(bpy)(3)(2+)-doped silica nanoparticles (Ru-SNPs) to label the oligonucleotides in order to improve the sensitivity.
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