JOURNAL ARTICLE

Highly Selective Colorimetric Detection of Copper Ions Using Cysteamine Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles

Le LiZhiqin YuanPeng Xin-kaiLi LinHe JiantaiZhang Yang-de

Year: 2014 Journal:   Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society Vol: 61 (12)Pages: 1371-1376   Publisher: Wiley

Abstract

Abstract In this study, we designed a system of integrating gold nanoparticles and cysteamine to detect Cu2+ based on a colorimetric strategy. The quantified limit of detection towards Cu2+ is 0.4 µM, which is ∼50 times lower than the maximum contamination level (∼20 µM) in drinking water permitted by US environmental protection agency. The practicality of this system was further validated by detecting Cu2+ in different water samples.

Keywords:
Cysteamine Chemistry Detection limit Colloidal gold Copper Nanoparticle Colorimetry Nanotechnology Nuclear chemistry Chromatography Organic chemistry

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