Fancy a copper? A sensing system for copper(I) ions, based on the interplay between a “classical” chemosensor and a fluorescent silica nanoparticle, is presented (see scheme). The occurrence of properly designed energy transfer processes and the observed increase of the affinity of the nanosystem towards Cu+ improve sensor performance at low metal ion concentrations in living cells.
A versatile strategy for signal amplification based on core/shell silica nanoparticles
TOMASELLI, Gaetano;SATRIANO, Cristina;RIZZARELLI, Enrico
2011-01-01
Abstract
Fancy a copper? A sensing system for copper(I) ions, based on the interplay between a “classical” chemosensor and a fluorescent silica nanoparticle, is presented (see scheme). The occurrence of properly designed energy transfer processes and the observed increase of the affinity of the nanosystem towards Cu+ improve sensor performance at low metal ion concentrations in living cells.File in questo prodotto:
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