Conference paper
Gold nanoparticle-based microfluidic sensor for mercury detection
The contamination of natural resources by human activity can have severe socio-economical impacts. Conventional methods of environmental analysis can be significantly improved by the development of portable microscale technologies for remote/field sensing. A gold nanoparticle-based lab-on-a-chip device was developed for the rapid, in-field detection and quantification of mercury in aquatic environments.
Rhodamine 6G functionalized gold nanoparticles allowed the on-chip fluorescence detection of mercury in aqueous samples with a limit of detection of 7 nM.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society |
Year: | 2011 |
Pages: | 1317-1319 |
Proceedings: | 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences |
ISBN: | 0979806445 and 9780979806445 |
Types: | Conference paper |