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Synthesis and Catalytic Performance of Gold Intercalated in the Walls of Mesoporous Silica
Published on: July 9, 2015
A novel fluorescence aptasensor based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles for selective and sensitive detection of
Hongxia Tan1, Liang Ma1, Ting Guo1
1College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
Abstract:
Based on the mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN), a novel, simple and label-free aptamer biosensor was designed for the detection of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). Here, the aptamers were used as molecular recognition probes and "gated molecules" while Rh6G was loaded into the interior of the particles as the signal probe. In the absence of AFB1, the "gate" was closed to prevent the leakage of the signal probe because of the immobilization of aptamers on the surface of MSN-NH2. With the presence of AFB1, the "gate" could be opened to release the signal probe for the specifical binding of aptamers to AFB1. Our results showed that the fluorescence intensity was positively correlated with the concentration of AFB1 (0.5-50 ng mL-1), with the detection limit as low as 0.13 ng mL-1. What's more, this design provides a new approach for rapid, sensitive and selective detection based on aptamers and it could be applied to numerous other analytes if appropriate aptamers are available.
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