Selective recognition of creatinine - Development of a colorimetric sensor

The present report describes a simple and cost effective protocol for colourimetric determination of creatinine (CR), L-cysteine stabilized copper nanoparticles (L-cys-CuNPs) exhibited selective and sensitive interaction with CR. Utilizing this interaction, a colourimetric sensor has been developed based on the reduction in LSPR intensity as monitored by a UV-visible spectrophotometer. The developed sensor exhibited a linear dynamic range of 5.33 × 10^-6 to 3.33 × 10^-7 M. Proposed sensor is simple and cost - effective compared to methods based on noble metal nanoparticles and the sensitivity to determine CR was as low as 4.54 × 10^-10 M. The sensor was successfully applied for quantification of CR in artificial serum and urine samples. Sensor developed in this work has a high potential for rapid and on-site determination of CR in physiological and clinical samples.