title: A "turn-on" silver nanocluster based fluorescent sensor for folate receptor detection and cancer cell imaging under visual analysis.
abstract: A novel terminal protection based label-free and "turn-on" fluorescent sensor for detection of folate receptors (FRs) and HeLa cells is developed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and silver nanoclusters (AgNCs). Multilevel visual analysis (m(2)VA) was firstly proposed and applied in optimizing the experimental parameters.
authors.affiliation: Anhui Key Laboratory of Chem-Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, P. R. China. wanglun@mail.ahnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yimin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiangxiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Baojuan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guangfeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D012834:Silver