Issue 4, 2017

The mechanism and application of the protein-stabilized gold nanocluster sensing system

Abstract

Protein-stabilized gold nanoclusters (protein-Au NCs) have been an attractive frontier of nanoparticle research. Due to their unique fluorescence properties, high stability, environmentally friendly synthetic routes and nontoxicity, protein-Au NCs could find applications in highly sensitive and selective detection of metal ions, inorganic ions and biomolecules in food, soil, water and biological samples. The past few years have witnessed the development of many successful strategies for the preparation of numerous protein-Au NC-based sensing systems. In this review, we focus on a number of sensing systems based on protein-Au NCs for the detection of various analytes of interest with a special emphasis on their corresponding sensing mechanisms.

Graphical abstract: The mechanism and application of the protein-stabilized gold nanocluster sensing system

Article information

Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
20 Sept. 2016
Accepted
02 Dec. 2016
First published
02 Dec. 2016

Analyst, 2017,142, 567-581

The mechanism and application of the protein-stabilized gold nanocluster sensing system

H. Li, W. Zhu, A. Wan and L. Liu, Analyst, 2017, 142, 567 DOI: 10.1039/C6AN02112C

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements