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- 2012Ultra-low level optical detection of mercuric ions using biogenic gold nanotrianglescitations
- 2004Phase transfer of platinum nanoparticles from aqueous to organic solutions using fatty amine moleculescitations
- 2004Use of aqueous foams for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles of variable morphologycitations
- 2004A low-temperature, soft chemistry method for the synthesis of zirconia nanoparticles in thermally evaporated fatty amine thin filmscitations
- 2004One-step synthesis of ordered two-dimensional assemblies of silver nanoparticles by the spontaneous reduction of silver ions by pentadecylphenol langmuir monolayerscitations
- 2004Variation in morphology of gold nanoparticles synthesized by the spontaneous reduction of aqueous chloroaurate ions by alkylated tyrosine at a liquid-liquid and air-water interfacecitations
- 2003Assembling gold nanoparticles in solution using phosphorothioate DNA as structural interconnects
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Ultra-low level optical detection of mercuric ions using biogenic gold nanotriangles
Abstract
<p>Mercury is a serious environmental pollutant known to have detrimental health effects in all life forms. Here, we report the use of biologically synthesized aqueous gold nanotriangles for sensitive and selective optical detection of femto-molar levels of mercury ions by exploiting the high amalgamation tendency of mercury metal towards gold. Aqueous chloroaurate ions were reduced using lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) leaf extract at room temperature to form gold nanotriangles. Mercuric (Hg<sup>2+</sup>) ions were reduced in the presence of these triangles to facilitate amalgamation and the optical properties were monitored. We observe a significant change in the longitudinal plasmon absorption band of the nanotriangles even at femto-molar concentrations of mercuric ions. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy confirms changes in particle morphology at such low concentrations. This protocol shows no sensitivity to other environmentally relevant metal ions, including Pb<sup>2+</sup>, Zn<sup>2+</sup>, Cd<sup>2+</sup>, Fe<sup>2+</sup>, Ni<sup>2+</sup>, Sr<sup>2+</sup>, Ca<sup>2+</sup>, Mn<sup>2+</sup>, and Cu <sup>2+</sup>, confirming further that change in the optical properties of gold nanotriangles in the presence of reduced mercuric ions is solely due to the strong amalgamation tendency of mercury metal.</p>