Spectrophotometric Label-Free Determination of Lead Using Thiol-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles
- 23 February 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Analytical Letters
- Vol. 51 (8), 1208-1218
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00032719.2017.1373285
Abstract
A method for the determination of lead is described using thiol-functionalized gold nanoparticle. The detection method is based on the prevention of thiol-induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles by lead. Among six thiols, e.g., 4-mercapto-1-butanol, meso-2, 3-dimercaptosuccinic acid, mercaptosuccinic acid, 6-mercapto-1-hexanol, 4-(methylthio)-1-butanol, 1-propanethiol, four (4-mercapto-1-butanol, 6-mercapto-1-hexanol, 4-(methylthio)-1-butanol and 1-propanethiol) induced the aggregation of the gold nanoparticles which was measured by the change in absorbance at 520 and 650 nm. Prior incubation of the gold nanoparticles with lead decreased the 4-(methylthio)-1-butanol-induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles in a dose-dependent manner. A linear inverse relationship between the logarithmic concentration of lead and the ratio of absorbance at 650 to 520 was noted. The method has a dynamic range from 10 nM to 100 µM. However, metals such as mercury and chromium were more effective in comparison with lead in preventing the 4-methylthio-1-butanol-induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles. The method can be used for assessing the heavy metal load in water samples.Keywords
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