What is it about?
This study reported the BSA-Au NCs-GO as a “turn-on” fluorescent probe for the detection of Cd2+, which can be used as a reversible fluorescence nanoswitch for inexpensive, label free and simple detection of Cd2+ in the aqueous samples.
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Why is it important?
Cd2+ is one of the most prevalent metal pollutants with persistent bioaccumulation and high toxicity, which causes many serious health problems, including renal dysfunction, reduced lung capacity, and some cancers. This method using GO as an effective fluorescence quencher of BSA-Au NCs to investigate Cd2+ has not been reported so far.
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I hope this article makes what people might think is a boring, slightly abstract area like health economics and measuring things like health, kind of interesting and maybe even exciting.
Ruijun Li
China Pharmaceutical University
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This page is a summary of: Turn-on fluorescent probe for Cd2+ detection by gold nanoclusters/graphene oxide nanocomplex , Micro & Nano Letters, March 2018, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET),
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2017.0637.
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