title: Catalytic formation of silver nanoparticles by bovine serum albumin protected-silver nanoclusters and its application for colorimetric detection of ascorbic acid.
abstract: We established a simple spectrophotometric and colorimetric method for detection of ascorbic acid based on the growth of silver nanoparticles in bovine serum albumin protected-silver nanoclusters (BSA-AgNCs) and Ag+ mixture. Due to the catalysis of BSA-AgNCs, ascorbic acid could reduce Ag+ to silver nanoparticles (NPs) at room temperature. The color of the mixture changed from colorless to yellow and a strong absorption band near 420 nm could be found in their absorption spectra owing to localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of produced silver NPs. The absorbance changes at 420 nm had a good relationship with ascorbic acid concentration. Thus, we proposed a spectrophotometric and colorimetric method to determine ascorbic acid in concentration range from 2.0 to 50.0 μM, with the corresponding limits of determination (3σ) of 0.16 μM.
authors: School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China.
authors: Xiu-Hua
authors: XH
authors: Yang
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Ling
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Peng
authors: Qiu-E
authors: QE
authors: Cao
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Zhong-Tao
authors: ZT
authors: Ding
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Xiong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D002384:Catalysis; D002417:Cattle; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods; D057230:Limit of Detection; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D012834:Silver; D001205:Ascorbic Acid