scholarly journals A Microfluidic Aptamer-Based Sensor for Detection of Mercury (II) and Lead (II) Ions in Water

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Hao Huang ◽  
Ruo-Yin Wu ◽  
Ko-Li Yeh ◽  
Van-Phung Mai ◽  
Ruey-Jen Yang
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Fluorescent Dyes ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World

Heavy metal contaminants have serious consequences for the environment and human health. Consequently, effective methods for detecting their presence, particularly in water and food, are urgently required. Accordingly, the present study proposes a sensor for the detection of mercury Hg(II) and lead Pb(II) ions using graphene oxide (GO) as a quenching agent and aptamer solu-tion as a reagent. In the proposed device, the aptamer sequences are labeled by FAM and HEX fluorescent dyes, respectively, and are mixed with 500 ppm GO solution in a microfluidic device. The presence of Hg(II) and Pb(II) ions is then detected by measuring the change in the fluores-cence intensity of the GO/aptamer suspension as the aptamer molecules undergo fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). The experimental results show that the aptamer sensors have a linear range of 10~250 nM (i.e., 2.0~50 ppb) for Hg(II) ions and 10~100 nM (i.e., 2.1~20.7 ppb) for Pb(II) ions. Furthermore, the limit of detection is around 2 ppb for both metals, which is signifi-cantly lower than the maximum limits of 6 ppb and 10 ppb prescribed by the World Health Or-ganization (WHO) for Hg(II) and Pb(II) in drinking water, respectively.

scholarly journals A Microfluidic Aptamer-Based Sensor for Detection of Mercury(II) and Lead(II) Ions in Water

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1283
Author(s):  
Wei-Hao Huang ◽  
Van-Phung Mai ◽  
Ruo-Yin Wu ◽  
Ko-Li Yeh ◽  
Ruey-Jen Yang
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Heavy Metal Ions ◽  
Fluorescent Dyes ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
World Health ◽  
Metal Sample ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Heavy metal contaminants have serious consequences for the environment and human health. Consequently, effective methods for detecting their presence, particularly in water and food, are urgently required. Accordingly, the present study proposes a sensor capable of detecting mercury Hg(II) and lead Pb(II) ions simultaneously, using graphene oxide (GO) as a quenching agent and an aptamer solution as a reagent. In the proposed device, the aptamer sequences are labeled by FAM and HEX fluorescent dyes, respectively, and are mixed well with 500 ppm GO solution before injection into one inlet of the microchannel, and the heavy metal sample solution is injected into another inlet. The presence of Hg(II) and Pb(II) ions is then detected by measuring the change in the fluorescence intensity of the GO/aptamer suspension as the aptamer molecules undergo fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). The selectivity of these two ions is also shown to be clear among other mixed heavy metal ions. The experimental results show that the aptamer sensors have a linear range of 10~250 nM (i.e., 2.0~50 ppb) for Hg(II) ions and 10~100 nM (i.e., 2.1~20.7 ppb) for Pb(II) ions. Furthermore, the limit of detection is around 0.70 ppb and 0.53 ppb for Hg(II) and Pb(II), respectively, which is lower than the maximum limits of 6 ppb and 10 ppb prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for Hg(II) and Pb(II) in drinking water, respectively.

scholarly journals Nanoscale optical writing through upconversion resonance energy transfer

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. eabe2209
Author(s):  
S. Lamon ◽  
Y. Wu ◽  
Q. Zhang ◽  
X. Liu ◽  
M. Gu
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Optical Data ◽  
Upconversion Nanoparticles

Nanoscale optical writing using far-field super-resolution methods provides an unprecedented approach for high-capacity data storage. However, current nanoscale optical writing methods typically rely on photoinitiation and photoinhibition with high beam intensity, high energy consumption, and short device life span. We demonstrate a simple and broadly applicable method based on resonance energy transfer from lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles to graphene oxide for nanoscale optical writing. The transfer of high-energy quanta from upconversion nanoparticles induces a localized chemical reduction in graphene oxide flakes for optical writing, with a lateral feature size of ~50 nm (1/20th of the wavelength) under an inhibition intensity of 11.25 MW cm−2. Upconversion resonance energy transfer may enable next-generation optical data storage with high capacity and low energy consumption, while offering a powerful tool for energy-efficient nanofabrication of flexible electronic devices.

scholarly journals Contribution of resonance energy transfer to the luminescence quenching of upconversion nanoparticles with graphene oxide

2020 ◽  
Vol 575 ◽  
pp. 119-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Mendez-Gonzalez ◽  
Oscar G. Calderón ◽  
Sonia Melle ◽  
Jesús González-Izquierdo ◽  
Luis Bañares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Luminescence Quenching ◽  
Upconversion Nanoparticles

scholarly journals Graphene Oxide and Fluorescent Aptamer Based Novel Biosensor for Detection of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritika Gupta ◽  
Sunaina Kaul ◽  
Vishal Singh ◽  
Sandeep Kumar ◽  
Nitin Kumar Singhal
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Hydroxyvitamin D ◽  
25 Hydroxyvitamin D ◽  
Sensitive Sensor

Abstract For maintaining the healthy metabolic status, vitamin D is a beneficial metabolite stored majorly in its pre-activated form, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3). Due to its important role in bone strengthening, the study was planned to quantify 25(OH)D3 levels in our blood. Quantification techniques for 25(OH)D3 are costly thus requiring a need for a low cost, and sensitive detection methods. In this work, an economic, and sensitive sensor for the detection of 25(OH)D3 was developed using aptamer and graphene oxide (GO). Aptamer is an oligonucleotide, sensitive towards its target, whereas, GO with 2D nanosheets provides excellent quenching surface. Aptamer labeled with fluorescein (5’, 6-FAM) is adsorbed by π -π interaction on the GO sheets leading to quenching of the fluorescence due to Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). However, in the presence of 25(OH)D3, a major portion of aptamer fluorescence remains unaltered, due to its association with 25(OH)D3. However, in the absence, aptamer fluorescence gets fully quenched. Fluorescence intensity quenching was monitored using fluorescence spectrophotometer and agarose gel based system. The limit of detection of 25(OH)D3 by this method was found to be 0.15 µg/mL. Therefore, this method could come up as a new sensing method in the field of vitamin D detection.

scholarly journals Peptide-coated palladium nanoparticle for highly sensitive bioanalysis of trypsin in human urine samples

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 184798041882039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guohua Zhou ◽  
Huimin Jiang ◽  
Yanfang Zhou ◽  
Peilian Liu ◽  
Yongmei Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Palladium Nanoparticles ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Urine Samples ◽  
Fluorescence Resonance ◽  
Functional Peptide

In recent years, palladium nanoparticles have been proved as energy acceptor candidates in fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based sensors for analytical and biological purposes. In this article, peptide-coated palladium nanoparticles were prepared using a simple one-step preparation method. The peptide Cys-Ala-Leu-Asn-Asn was used as a ligand, whereas hydrazine hydrate was used as a reductant to obtain water-soluble and stable peptide-coated palladium nanoparticles. Additionally, peptide-coated palladium nanoparticles were functionalized by adding the functional peptide CALNNGGARK(FITC) in combination with Cys-Ala-Leu-Asn-Asn during the preparation process. The prepared functionalized peptide-coated palladium nanoparticles were used for trypsin detection based on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer approach. Under optimized conditions, the proposed method can be used for the detection of trypsin concentrations in the range of approximately 0.2–8-μg/mL with a limit of detection of 0.18-μg/mL. The functionalized peptide-coated palladium nanoparticles were successfully applied for the detection of trypsin in urine samples. Our findings also indicated that peptide-coated palladium nanoparticles can highly quench fluorophores and are suitable for the manufacture of off–on state fluorescent sensors. We anticipated that the peptide-coated palladium nanoparticles proposed in this article will have great potential for the detection of trypsin in urine and other analytical, biological, and clinical applications.

Aptamer-modified sensitive nanobiosensors for the specific detection of antibiotics

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (37) ◽  
pp. 8607-8613
Author(s):  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Bo Duan ◽  
Qing Bao ◽  
Tao Yang ◽  
Tiancheng Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy Transfer ◽  
Resonance Energy ◽  
Upconversion Nanoparticles ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Specific Detection ◽  
Energy Donor ◽  
Energy Acceptor

A highly selective, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) based aptasensor for enrofloxacin (ENR) detection was developed using core–shell upconversion nanoparticles as an energy donor and graphene oxide as an energy acceptor.

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