A nanocluster-based fluorescent sensor for sensitive hemoglobin detection

作者：Yang, Dongqin; Meng, Huijie; Tu, Yifeng; Yan, Jilin^*

来源：Talanta, 2017, 170: 233-237.

DOI：10.1016/j.talanta.2017.03.095

• Gold nanoclusters
• Fluorescence
• Quenching
• Hemoglobin
• Hydrogen peroxide

In this report, a fluorescence sensor for sensitive detection of hemoglobin was developed. Gold nanoclusters were first synthesized with bovine serum albumin. It was found that both hydrogen peroxide and hemoglobin could weakly quench the fluorescence from the gold nanoclusters, but when these two were applied onto the nanolcusters simultaneously, a much improved quenching was resulted. This enhancing effect was proved to come from the catalytic generation of hydroxyl radical by hemoglobin. Under an optimized condition, the quenching linearly related to the concentration of hemoglobin in the range of 1-250 nM, and a limit of detection as low as 0.36 nM could be obtained. This provided a sensitive means for the quantification of Hb. The sensor was then successfully applied for blood analyses with simple sample pretreatment.

• 出版日期2017-8-1
• 单位苏州大学