Catalysis of aptamer-modified AuPd nanoalloy probe and its application to resonance scattering detection of trace UO(2)2+.

Nanoscale

Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, China.

Published: August 2011

AuPd nanoalloy and nanopalladium with a diameter of 5 nm were prepared, using sodium citrate as the stabilizing agent and NaBH(4) as the reductant. The nanocatalyst containing palladium on the surface exhibited a strong catalytic effect on the slow NiP particle reaction between NiCl(2) and NaH(2)PO(2), and the NiP particle system showed a resonance scattering (RS) peak at 508 nm. The RS results showed that the Pd atom on AuPd nanoalloy surface is the catalytic center. Combining the aptamer cracking reaction of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA)-UO(2)(2+), AuPd nanoalloy aggregation, and AuPd nanoalloy catalysis, both AuPd nanoalloy RS probe and AuPd nanoalloy catalytic RS assays were developed for the determination of 40-250 pmol L(-1) UO(2)(2+) and 5.0-50 pmol L(-1) UO(2)(2+), respectively.

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