Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world and, in view of its toxicity, there is a quest for easy-to-use, but reliable methods to detect it in water. To address this issue, we realized a simple, rapid, and highly sensitive immunosensor based on gold coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs@Au) to detect glyphosate in tap water. Not only the gold shell provided a sensitive optical transduction of the biological signal – through the shift of the local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) entailed by the nanoparticle aggregation –, but it also allowed us to use an effective photochemical immobilization technique to tether oriented antibodies straight on the nanoparticles surface. While such a feature led to aggregates in which the nanoparticles were at close proximity each other, the magnetic properties of the core offered us an efficient tool to steer the nanoparticles by a rotating magnetic field. As a result, the nanoparticle aggregation in presence of the target could take place at higher rate (enhanced diffusion) with significant improvement in sensitivity. As a matter of fact, the combination of plasmonic and magnetic properties within the same nanoparticles allowed us to realize a colorimetric biosensor with a limit of detection (LOD) of 20 ng∙L−1.

Magnetic micromixing for highly sensitive detection of glyphosate in tap water by colorimetric immunosensor / Campanile, R.; Elia, V. C.; Minopoli, A.; Ud Din Babar, Z.; di Girolamo, R.; Morone, A.; Sakac, N.; Velotta, R.; Della Ventura, B.; Iannotti, V.. - In: TALANTA. - ISSN 0039-9140. - 253:(2023), p. 123937. [10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123937]

Magnetic micromixing for highly sensitive detection of glyphosate in tap water by colorimetric immunosensor

Campanile R.
Primo
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Elia V. C.;Minopoli A.;di Girolamo R.;Velotta R.;Della Ventura B.
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Iannotti V.
Ultimo
2023

Abstract

Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world and, in view of its toxicity, there is a quest for easy-to-use, but reliable methods to detect it in water. To address this issue, we realized a simple, rapid, and highly sensitive immunosensor based on gold coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs@Au) to detect glyphosate in tap water. Not only the gold shell provided a sensitive optical transduction of the biological signal – through the shift of the local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) entailed by the nanoparticle aggregation –, but it also allowed us to use an effective photochemical immobilization technique to tether oriented antibodies straight on the nanoparticles surface. While such a feature led to aggregates in which the nanoparticles were at close proximity each other, the magnetic properties of the core offered us an efficient tool to steer the nanoparticles by a rotating magnetic field. As a result, the nanoparticle aggregation in presence of the target could take place at higher rate (enhanced diffusion) with significant improvement in sensitivity. As a matter of fact, the combination of plasmonic and magnetic properties within the same nanoparticles allowed us to realize a colorimetric biosensor with a limit of detection (LOD) of 20 ng∙L−1.
2023
Magnetic micromixing for highly sensitive detection of glyphosate in tap water by colorimetric immunosensor / Campanile, R.; Elia, V. C.; Minopoli, A.; Ud Din Babar, Z.; di Girolamo, R.; Morone, A.; Sakac, N.; Velotta, R.; Della Ventura, B.; Iannotti, V.. - In: TALANTA. - ISSN 0039-9140. - 253:(2023), p. 123937. [10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123937]
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