Chemical Communications 2013-03-21

Fluorogenic dansyl-ligated gold nanoparticles for the detection of sulfur mustard by displacement assay.

Richard C Knighton, Mark R Sambrook, Jack C Vincent, Simon A Smith, Christopher J Serpell, James Cookson, Matthew S Vickers, Paul D Beer

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 49(23) , 2293-5, (2013)

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Abstract

The dansyl fluorophore ligated to gold nanoparticles via imidazole and amine groups affords conjugates capable of detecting micromolar concentrations of the chemical warfare agent sulfur mustard by a fluorescence switching 'ON' displacement assay.