title: A ratiometric nanosensor based on conjugated polyelectrolyte-stabilized AgNPs for ultrasensitive fluorescent and colorimetric sensing of melamine.
abstract: A new ratiometric nanosensor is developed for selective and ultrasensitive detection of melamine based on conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE)-stabilized silver nanoparticles (P1-AgNPs) by perfectly combining the advantages of CPE and AgNPs. P1 featuring a π-delocalized backbone bearing pyridinyl groups can act as an excellent dual-emission fluorescent probe as well as a polymer localizer for AgNPs. In the presence of melamine, the fluorescence intensity at 386nm increases owing to the turn-on of the fluorescence of P1, whereas FL intensity at 488nm decreases due to the melamine-induced aggregation and subsequent aggregation-enhanced emission quenching of P1-AgNPs, therefore leading to the ratiometric fluorescent sensing of analyte. Moreover, analyte-induced aggregation of P1-AgNPs also allows the ratiometric colorimetric measurement of melamine. Under the optimum conditions, this facile ratiometric nanosensor favors the fluorescent and colorimetric determination of melamine in liquid milk products with the detection limit as low as 0.1 and 0.45nM, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China.
authors.forename: Xixi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China.
authors.forename: Jiahui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China.
authors.forename: Hongling
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China. Electronic address: huanghongmei@hunnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hongmei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, PR China.
authors.forename: Youyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiaoxiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China. Electronic address: kmwang@hnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kemin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods*; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014227:Triazines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011108:Polymers; D014227:Triazines; D012834:Silver; C011907:melamine
keywords: Aggregation; Conjugated polyelectrolyte; Melamine; Ratiometric nanosensor; Silver nanoparticles