Gold nanoparticles with strong localized plasmonic effects have found wide applications in photoacoustic imaging, which are ascribed to their unique microscopic mechanism of converting photons to ultrasound. In this report, we quantitatively model the time-resolved temperature field, thermal expansion, and pressure distribution based on the finite element analysis method, and two-dimensional gold nanoparticles spanning from the triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon to the circle have been systematically studied. Results show that the shape of gold nanoparticles has a nontrivial effect on photoacoustic conversion efficiency, and the square-shaped gold structure exhibits the best performance. Our findings could shed light on the shape design of high-performance photoacoustic agents in the future.
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Talanta
December 2024
Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China; International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on food safety and environmental analysis, Fuzhou, 350116, Fuzhou University, China; Engineering Technology Research Center on Reagent and Instrument for Rapid Detection of Product Quality and Food Safety, Fuzhou, 350116, China. Electronic address:
The release of microcystin (MCs) in aquatic ecosystems poses a substantial risk to the safety of irrigation and drinking water. In view of the challenges associated with monitoring MCs in water bodies, given their low concentration levels (μg/L to ng/L) and the presence of diverse matrix interferences, there is an urgent need to develop an efficient, cost-effective and selective enrichment technique for MCs prior to its quantification. In this work, a gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)-functionalized zwitterionic polymer monolith was described and further applied for the affinity enrichment of MCs.
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December 2024
State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Institute of Analytical Food Safety, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China. Electronic address:
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are markers of drug-resistant pathogens, monitoring them contributes to prevent resistance to drugs. The detection methods for ARGs including PCR and isothermal amplification are sensitive and selective. However, it may take several hours or cannot be used on spot.
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January 2025
Sorbonne Université, MONARIS, CNRS-UMR 8233, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France.
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January 2025
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety of Shandong, College of Life Science, Normal University, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, People's Republic of China.
A composite nanomaterial of Prussian blue@gold nanoparticles (PB@Au) with catalytic and photothermal properties was proposed, which combined with anti-matrix interference aptamers to achieve robust specificity and sensitivity in the detection of Salmonella typhimurium (S. typhimurium). The detection probe, PB@Au-Aptamer (PB@Au-Apt), was designed to exhibit high specificity for the target and catalyze the signal generation to produce a color change, thereby enabling rapid detection.
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January 2025
School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, P.R. China.
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