While engineered nanoparticles are widely used and maybe eventually released into the environment,natural nanoparticles are also commonly found in the Earth system.Nanoparticles may critically affect the geochemical m...While engineered nanoparticles are widely used and maybe eventually released into the environment,natural nanoparticles are also commonly found in the Earth system.Nanoparticles may critically affect the geochemical migration of associated elements and pose potential threats to the ecological environment.It is necessary to establish an accurate and reliable method for measuring the concentration of nanoparticles.AAS is one of the most commonly used methods for the concentration determination of nanoparticles.However,till now,there has been no systematic report on how experimental variables affect AAS measurements.In this study,we used gold nanoparticles(AuNPs) as an example and studied the influences of a list of factors on the concentration determination of AuNPs by AAS,including digestion method,ionization interference,acidic medium,background correction method,and organic matter.We demonstrate that all these factors may have varying degrees of influence on the measured gold concentrations.When the gold colloid is digested at room temperature for more than 8 h or at 60℃ for more than 2 h,and the system contains a low concentration of organic matter,AAS can accurately measure the AuNP concentration at ppm-level.The deuterium lamp background deduction method is not recommended to use for samples with lower gold concentrations.展开更多
A kind of sensitive, rapid, and simple spectrophotometry based on a Ytterbium(Yb3+) functionalized gold nanoparticle(Au NPs-Yb) was developed for detection of organophosphorus pesticides(OPs). Prepared AuNPs possess o...A kind of sensitive, rapid, and simple spectrophotometry based on a Ytterbium(Yb3+) functionalized gold nanoparticle(Au NPs-Yb) was developed for detection of organophosphorus pesticides(OPs). Prepared AuNPs possess oxygen-containing functional groups and strong complexation reaction with Yb3+. While oxygen-containing thiophosphate in the OPs molecule can combine with Yb3+as a cross-linking molecule to produce insoluble yetterbium phosphate, resulting in the aggregation of AuNPs and great decrease in ultraviolet absorbance strength at 520 nm by ultraviolet visible(UV-vis) spectrophotometer. Under the optimized conditions, a linear relationship between the absorbance of AuNPs and OPs concentration ranged from 0.05 μg/L to 6.0 μg/L with limit of detection for 0.03 μg/L(S/N = 3), which is far lower than the maximum residue limit(0.01 ppm) in the European Union pesticides database. Therefore, this assay has potential application in the determination of OPs in the field of environmental and food monitoring.展开更多
The gold nanoparticles in diameter of 10-95 nm have been prepared by Frens procedure, all of which exhibit a resonance scattering peak at 580 nm. The mechanism of resonance scattering for gold nanoparticle has been co...The gold nanoparticles in diameter of 10-95 nm have been prepared by Frens procedure, all of which exhibit a resonance scattering peak at 580 nm. The mechanism of resonance scattering for gold nanoparticle has been considered according to the wave motion theory of nanoparticle in liquid. The principle of superamolecular interface energy band(SIEB) has been set up and utilized to explain the relationship between the diameter and colors for gold nanoparticle in liquid. A novel spectrophotometric ruler for the determination of the diameter has been proposed according to the relationship of the maximum absorption wavelength and diameter.展开更多
The citrate reduction method of synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) is standardized with the assistance of instruments like spectrophotometer and TEM. A correlation has been developed between the particle diameter ...The citrate reduction method of synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) is standardized with the assistance of instruments like spectrophotometer and TEM. A correlation has been developed between the particle diameter and the fractional concentration of the reductant. This enables one to assess the diameter of the AuNP to be synthesized, in advance, from the composition of the reaction mixture and the diameter of the synthesized particles can be confirmed simply from spectrophotometry. Further, it has been demonstrated that the synthesized AuNPs serve as excellent acceptors for a super-efficient energy transfer (ET) from the donor coumarin 153, leading to a quenching of fluorescence of the latter. The Stern-Volmer constants determined from the fluorescence lifetimes are in the range 107 - 109 mol-1·dm3 and are orders of magnitude higher than the normal photochemical quenching processes. The energy transfer efficiency increases radically with an increase in the size of the metal nanoparticle. The highly efficient energy transfer and the variation of the efficiency of the ET process with a variation of the particle size is ascribed to a large enhancement in the extinction coefficient and an increase in the spectral overlap between the plasmon absorption band of AuNPs and the fluorescence spectrum of C153 with an increase in the size of the nanoparticles. The impact of the work remains in providing a demonstration of a super quenching effect of the AuNPs and projects that they can be exploited for developing biosensors with high degree of sensitivity, if tagged to the biomacromolecules.展开更多
基金supported by Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Foundation (Qian Sci.Co.ZK[2021] No.198)Doctoral Research Startup Project in 2017 of Guizhou Normal University in China+1 种基金the B-type Strategic Priority Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.XDB41000000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41872046,41173074 and 42063008)。
文摘While engineered nanoparticles are widely used and maybe eventually released into the environment,natural nanoparticles are also commonly found in the Earth system.Nanoparticles may critically affect the geochemical migration of associated elements and pose potential threats to the ecological environment.It is necessary to establish an accurate and reliable method for measuring the concentration of nanoparticles.AAS is one of the most commonly used methods for the concentration determination of nanoparticles.However,till now,there has been no systematic report on how experimental variables affect AAS measurements.In this study,we used gold nanoparticles(AuNPs) as an example and studied the influences of a list of factors on the concentration determination of AuNPs by AAS,including digestion method,ionization interference,acidic medium,background correction method,and organic matter.We demonstrate that all these factors may have varying degrees of influence on the measured gold concentrations.When the gold colloid is digested at room temperature for more than 8 h or at 60℃ for more than 2 h,and the system contains a low concentration of organic matter,AAS can accurately measure the AuNP concentration at ppm-level.The deuterium lamp background deduction method is not recommended to use for samples with lower gold concentrations.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21765015,21808099,21765018)the Jiangxi Province Food and Drug Administration Science Foundation,China(No.2016SP04)
文摘A kind of sensitive, rapid, and simple spectrophotometry based on a Ytterbium(Yb3+) functionalized gold nanoparticle(Au NPs-Yb) was developed for detection of organophosphorus pesticides(OPs). Prepared AuNPs possess oxygen-containing functional groups and strong complexation reaction with Yb3+. While oxygen-containing thiophosphate in the OPs molecule can combine with Yb3+as a cross-linking molecule to produce insoluble yetterbium phosphate, resulting in the aggregation of AuNPs and great decrease in ultraviolet absorbance strength at 520 nm by ultraviolet visible(UV-vis) spectrophotometer. Under the optimized conditions, a linear relationship between the absorbance of AuNPs and OPs concentration ranged from 0.05 μg/L to 6.0 μg/L with limit of detection for 0.03 μg/L(S/N = 3), which is far lower than the maximum residue limit(0.01 ppm) in the European Union pesticides database. Therefore, this assay has potential application in the determination of OPs in the field of environmental and food monitoring.
文摘The gold nanoparticles in diameter of 10-95 nm have been prepared by Frens procedure, all of which exhibit a resonance scattering peak at 580 nm. The mechanism of resonance scattering for gold nanoparticle has been considered according to the wave motion theory of nanoparticle in liquid. The principle of superamolecular interface energy band(SIEB) has been set up and utilized to explain the relationship between the diameter and colors for gold nanoparticle in liquid. A novel spectrophotometric ruler for the determination of the diameter has been proposed according to the relationship of the maximum absorption wavelength and diameter.
文摘The citrate reduction method of synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) is standardized with the assistance of instruments like spectrophotometer and TEM. A correlation has been developed between the particle diameter and the fractional concentration of the reductant. This enables one to assess the diameter of the AuNP to be synthesized, in advance, from the composition of the reaction mixture and the diameter of the synthesized particles can be confirmed simply from spectrophotometry. Further, it has been demonstrated that the synthesized AuNPs serve as excellent acceptors for a super-efficient energy transfer (ET) from the donor coumarin 153, leading to a quenching of fluorescence of the latter. The Stern-Volmer constants determined from the fluorescence lifetimes are in the range 107 - 109 mol-1·dm3 and are orders of magnitude higher than the normal photochemical quenching processes. The energy transfer efficiency increases radically with an increase in the size of the metal nanoparticle. The highly efficient energy transfer and the variation of the efficiency of the ET process with a variation of the particle size is ascribed to a large enhancement in the extinction coefficient and an increase in the spectral overlap between the plasmon absorption band of AuNPs and the fluorescence spectrum of C153 with an increase in the size of the nanoparticles. The impact of the work remains in providing a demonstration of a super quenching effect of the AuNPs and projects that they can be exploited for developing biosensors with high degree of sensitivity, if tagged to the biomacromolecules.
