A novel fluorescent aptasensor based on single-walled carbon nanohorns

Shuyun Zhu; Shuang Han; Ling Zhang; Saima Parveen; Guobao Xu

doi:10.1039/c1nr10774g

A novel fluorescent aptasensor based on single-walled carbon nanohorns

Nanoscale. 2011 Nov;3(11):4589-92. doi: 10.1039/c1nr10774g. Epub 2011 Oct 17.

Authors

Shuyun Zhu¹, Shuang Han, Ling Zhang, Saima Parveen, Guobao Xu

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.

PMID: 22006211
DOI: 10.1039/c1nr10774g

Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanohorns have been used to construct an aptasensor for the first time. This novel aptasensor was successfully used for the detection of thrombin with high sensitivity and excellent selectivity. This thrombin aptasensor has a detection limit of as low as 100 pM.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Microchemistry / instrumentation*
Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Nanotubes, Carbon / ultrastructure
Spectrometry, Fluorescence / instrumentation*
Thrombin / analysis*

Substances

Nanotubes, Carbon
Thrombin