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- Title
Uricase based fluorometric determination of uric acid based on the use of graphene quantum dot@silver core-shell nanocomposites.
- Authors
Rong-Mei Kong; Aijun Yang; Qin Wang; Youjuan Wang; Lin Ma; Fengli Qu
- Abstract
The authors describe a fluorescent "turn-on" assay for detection of uric acid (UA) based on the use of graphene quantum dots coated with a shell of silver (GQD@Ag). The fluorescence of the GQDs is quenched by the silver shell. However, if the silver shell was removed via etching with H2O2 (which is produced by uricase catalyzed oxidation of UA), the fluorescence of the GQDs is restored. The resulting increase in fluorescence at 466 nm depends directly on the concentration of H2O2, which, in turn, depends on the concentration of UA. The method allows UA to be quantitated with a 2 µM detection limit. It was applied to the analysis of human urine samples and exhibited satisfactory results. The method is cost-effective, sensitive and selective for UA. In our perception, it provides a useful tool in clinical analysis and may be extended to other assays based on the use of oxidases.
- Subjects
QUANTUM dots; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; DETECTION limit; FLUORESCENCE; URIC acid
- Publication
Microchimica Acta, 2018, Vol 185, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0026-3672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00604-017-2614-4