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  • Title: Specific and sensitive colorimetric detection of Al3+ using 5-mercaptomethyltetrazole capped gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution.
    Author: Xue D, Wang H, Zhang Y.
    Journal: Talanta; 2014 Feb; 119():306-11. PubMed ID: 24401419.
    Abstract:
    Contamination of food and drinking water by health-risk levels of Al(3+) calls for convenient assays. Here, we report a method to visibly detect Al(3+) at room temperature. Firstly, the chelating ligand of 5-mercaptomethyltetrazole (MMT) was synthesized and modified on the surface of AuNPs through the strong Au-S interaction to form a MMT-AuNP probe, which can remain well-dispersed and stable in an aqueous solution for a long time. Upon the addition of Al(3+), the interparticle crosslinking induced aggregation (color change from red to blue) of MMT-AuNPs was triggered through the Al(3+)-MMT interaction. Under optimal conditions, the absorbance ratio (A620/A520) of MMT-AuNPs is linear within the Al(3+) concentration range from 1.0 to 10.0 μM, and the detection limit (3σ) was as low as 0.53 μM. Moreover, an interference study showed that this MMT-AuNP probe discriminated Al(3+) from a wide range of environmentally dominant metal ions and anions. The practical utility of the new method was demonstrated by determining Al(3+) in several environmental water and human urine specimens, obtaining satisfactory results. Being a rapid, convenient and cost-effective method, it should become a powerful alternative to conventional methods for selective quantification of Al(3+) in routine laboratory practice or rapid on-site assay.
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