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ArticleChemical science2020

Good's buffers have various affinities to gold nanoparticles regulating fluorescent and colorimetric DNA sensing.

Po-Jung Jimmy Huang, Jeffy Yang, Kellie Chong, Qianyi Ma, Miao Li, Fang Zhang, Woohyun J Moon, Guomei Zhang, Juewen Liu

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Article in Chemical science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Po-Jung Jimmy HuangDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada liujw@uwaterloo.ca.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3436-9968
Jeffy YangDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada liujw@uwaterloo.ca.
Kellie ChongDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada liujw@uwaterloo.ca.
Qianyi MaDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada liujw@uwaterloo.ca.
Miao LiDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada liujw@uwaterloo.ca.
Fang ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada liujw@uwaterloo.ca.
Woohyun J MoonDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada liujw@uwaterloo.ca.
Guomei ZhangSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China.
Juewen LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada liujw@uwaterloo.ca.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5918-9336
University of Waterloo · CAShanxi University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Citrate-capped gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are highly important for sensing, drug delivery, and materials design. Many of their reactions take place in various buffers such as phosphate and Good's buffers. The effect of buffer on the surface properties of AuNPs is critical, yet this topic has not been systematically explored. Herein, we used halides such as fluoride, chloride, and bromide as probes to measure the relative adsorption strength of six common buffers. Among them, HEPES had the highest adsorption affinity, while MES, citrate and phosphate were weakly adsorbed with an overall ranking of HEPES > PIPES > MOPS > MES > citrate, phosphate. The adsorption strength was reflected from the inhibited adsorption of DNA and from the displacement of pre-adsorbed DNA. This conclusion is also supported by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Furthermore, some buffer molecules did not get adsorbed instantaneously, and the MOPS buffer took up to 1 h to reach equilibrium. Finally, a classic label-free AuNP-based colorimetric sensor was tested. Its sensitivity increased by 15.7-fold when performed in a MES buffer compared to a HEPES buffer. This study has articulated the importance of buffer for AuNP-based studies and how it can improve sensors and yield more reproducible experimental systems.

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