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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 188, Issue -, Pages 170-178Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.06.038
Keywords
Silicon-coated gold nanoparticles; CdTe quantum dots (QDs); Fluorescent quenching; Fluorescent enhancement; Mercury ions; Fluorescent probe
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61675162]
- Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China [2017JM6023, 2017JM8064]
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The effect of silicon-coated gold nanoparticles with different gold core diameter and silica shell thickness on the fluorescence emission of CdTe quantum dots (QDs) was investigated. For gold nanoparticles with a diameter of 15 nm, silica coating can only results in fluorescence recover of the bare gold nanoparticle-induced quenching of QDs. However, when the size of gold nanoparticle is increased to 60 nm, fluorescence enhancement of the QDs could be obtained by silica coating. Because of the isolation of the silica shell-reduced quenching effect and local electric field effect, the fluorescence of QDs gets intense firstly and then decreases. The maximum fluorescence enhancement takes place as the silica shell has a thickness of 30 nm. This enhanced fluorescence from silicon -coated gold nanoparticles is demonstrated for sensing of Hg2+. Under optimal conditions, the enhanced fluorescence intensity decreases linearly with the concentration of Hg2+ ranging from 0 to 200 ng/mL. The limit of detection for Hg2+ is 125 ng/mL. Interference test and real samples detection indicate that the influence from other metal ions could be neglected, and the Hg2+ could be specifically detected. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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