Functionalized fluorescent gold nanodots: synthesis and application for Pb2+ sensing

Zhiqin Yuan; Meihua Peng; Yan He; Edward S. Yeung

doi:10.1039/C1CC14872A

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Functionalized fluorescent gold nanodots: synthesis and application for Pb²⁺ sensing†

Zhiqin Yuan,^a Meihua Peng,^a Yan He*^a and Edward S. Yeung^a

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Abstract

We developed a novel strategy to prepare functionalized fluorescent gold nanodots (AuNDs) based on a ligand exchange reaction and demonstrated that glutathione modified AuNDs can be utilized for highly sensitive and selective Pb²⁺ sensing in aqueous solution.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC14872A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 07 Aug 2011
Accepted: 22 Sep 2011
First published: 30 Sep 2011

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Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 11981-11983

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Functionalized fluorescent gold nanodots: synthesis and application for Pb²⁺ sensing

Z. Yuan, M. Peng, Y. He and E. S. Yeung, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11981 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14872A

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