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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

A Photoluminescent Colorimetric Probe of Bovine Serum Albumin-Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters for New Psychoactive Substances: Cathinone Drugs in Seized Street Samples.

Yao-Te Yen, Ting-Yueh Chen, Chun-Yu Chen, Chi-Lun Chang, San-Chong Chyueh, Huan-Tsung Chang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yao-Te YenDepartment of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau, Xindian District, New Taipei City 23149, Taiwan. d05223113@ntu.edu.tw.
Ting-Yueh ChenDepartment of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau, Xindian District, New Taipei City 23149, Taiwan.
Chun-Yu ChenDepartment of Chemistry, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
Chi-Lun ChangDepartment of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau, Xindian District, New Taipei City 23149, Taiwan.
San-Chong ChyuehDepartment of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau, Xindian District, New Taipei City 23149, Taiwan.
Huan-Tsung ChangDepartment of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Ministry of Justice · TWNational Taiwan University · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TW

Funding

Ministry of Justice, Republic of China (Taiwan) 108-1301-05-17-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Screening of illicit drugs for new psychoactive substances-namely cathinone-at crime scenes is in high demand. A dual-emission bovine serum albumin-stabilized gold nanoclusters probe was synthesized and used for quantitation and screening of 4-chloromethcathinone and cathinone analogues in an aqueous solution. The photoluminescent (PL) color of the bovine serum albumin-stabilized Au nanoclusters (BSA-Au NCs) probe solution changed from red to dark blue during the identification of cathinone drugs when excited using a portable ultraviolet light-emitting diodes lamp (365 nm). This probe solution allows the PL color-changing point and limit of detection down to 10.0 and 0.14 mM, respectively, for 4-chloromethcathinone. The phenomenon of PL color-changing of BSA-Au NCs was attributed to its PL band at 650 nm, quenching through an electron transfer mechanism. The probe solution was highly specific to cathinone drugs, over other popular illicit drugs, including heroin, cocaine, ketamine, and methamphetamine. The practicality of this BSA-Au NCs probe was assessed by using it to screen illicit drugs seized by law enforcement officers. All 20 actual cases from street and smuggling samples were validated using this BSA-Au NCs probe solution and then confirmed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The results reveal this BSA-Au NCs probe solution is practical for screening cathinone drugs at crime scenes.

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Biosensing TechniquesAlkaloidsAnimalsCattleColorimetryHumansIllicit DrugsNanostructuresSerum Albumin, BovineAlkaloidscathinoneIllicit DrugsSerum Albumin, Bovinecathinonegold nanoclustersnew psychoactive substancessensor

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