Colorimetric recognition of melamine in milk using novel pincer zinc complex stabilized gold nanoparticles

Autor: Lixin Duan, Qingshu Zheng, Junlong Qian, Yuzhu Zhang, Jianhong Liu, Tao Tu, Xiaoling Bao
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Chinese Chemical Letters. 32:3023-3026
ISSN: 1001-8417
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.04.014
Popis: A convenient colorimetric approach for visual detection of melamine in raw milk was realized by using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) stabilized by an unsymmetrical terpyridyl zinc complex with a thymine fragment at one terminal and a quaternary ammonium salt at the other. Even without pre-addition of melamine or relative additives, obvious color change from red to blue was observed by naked eye in the presence of trace amount of melamine, which was attributed to the alternation of aggregation state of AuNPs caused by the selective binding between the thymine fragment and melamine via triple hydrogen-bonding interactions. Remarkably, the detection limit for melamine was as low as 2.4 ppb, providing a highly sensitive and efficient approach for the visual detection of melamine.
Databáze: OpenAIRE