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- Title
Rapid Detection of Tetrodotoxin Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub>/Au Gold/Magnetic Nanoparticles.
- Authors
Neng, Jing; Wang, Xujun; Jia, Kan; Sun, Peilong
- Abstract
Fe3O4 nanoparticles were first modified with tetraethoxylsilane to form Fe3O4/SiO2 nanoparticles, followed by the addition of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane and 3-thiolpropyltriethoxysilane to introduce -NH2 and -SH groups to the surface of Fe3O4/SiO2 nanoparticles. Gold nanoparticles were further assembled on the surface of Fe3O4/SiO2 via the electrostatic adsorption of -NH2 and the Au-S bond to produce stable core-shell Fe3O4/SiO2/Au gold/magnetic nanoparticles. These Fe3O4/SiO2/Au gold/magnetic nanoparticles were characterized by a variety of techniques such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and afterwards conjugated with tetrodotoxin antibodies (Ab) and used as a Raman active substrate (Fe3O4/SiO2/Au-Ab) with Rhodamine B (RhB)-labeled tetrodotoxin antibody as a Raman reporter (Ab-RhB). Upon mixing these reagents with tetrodotoxin (TTX), a sandwich complex [Fe3O4/SiO2/Au-Ab···TTX···Ab-RhB] was generated due to the specific antibody-antigen interactions. The immunocomplex was subsequently separated by an externally applied magnetic source and concentrated into a pellet point, where the laser interrogation of the pellet produced a strong signal characteristic of RhB. The logarithmic intensity of the signal was found to be proportional to the concentration of TTX with a limit of detection of 0.01 μg/mL and a detection linearity range of ~ 0.01-0.5 μg/mL. The established method eliminates the complicated procedures of traditional centrifuging, column separation, and incubation and achieves a rapid detection of tetrodotoxin with improved detection sensitivity.
- Subjects
RAMAN spectroscopy; MAGNETIC nanoparticles; MAGNETIC materials; TETRODOTOXIN; X-ray spectroscopy
- Publication
Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, 2018, Vol 85, Issue 1, p160
- ISSN
0021-9037
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10812-018-0627-3