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ArticleNanoscale research letters2018

Silica diatom shells tailored with Au nanoparticles enable sensitive analysis of molecules for biological, safety and environment applications.

V Onesto, M Villani, M L Coluccio, R Majewska, A Alabastri, E Battista, A Schirato, D Calestani, N Coppedé, M Cesarelli and 3 more

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Article in Nanoscale research letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

V OnestoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Magna Graecia, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
M VillaniIMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, 43124, Parma, Italy.
M L ColuccioDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Magna Graecia, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
R MajewskaUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, School of Biological Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa.
A AlabastriDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
E BattistaInterdisciplinary Research Center on Biomaterials, University Federico II, 80125, Naples, Italy.
A SchiratoDepartment of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy.
D CalestaniIMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, 43124, Parma, Italy.
N CoppedéIMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, 43124, Parma, Italy.
M CesarelliDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University Federico II, 80125, Naples, Italy.
F AmatoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Magna Graecia, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
E Di FabrizioKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
F GentileDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University Federico II, 80125, Naples, Italy. francesco.gentile2@unina.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1724-6301
Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism · ITMagna Graecia University · ITFederico II University Hospital · ITKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SANorth-West University · ZAPolitecnico di Milano · ITRice University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diatom shells are a natural, theoretically unlimited material composed of silicon dioxide, with regular patterns of pores penetrating through their surface. For their characteristics, diatom shells show promise to be used as low cost, highly efficient drug carriers, sensor devices or other micro-devices. Here, we demonstrate diatom shells functionalized with gold nanoparticles for the harvesting and detection of biological analytes (bovine serum albumin-BSA) and chemical pollutants (mineral oil) in low abundance ranges, for applications in bioengineering, medicine, safety, and pollution monitoring.

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Au functionalizationBiological sensingDiatomsFrustulesSafetySensing devicesSERS

Identifiers

PMID29633086
PMCPMC5891442
OpenAlexW2798153244

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