Abstract
A gold nanoparticle (AuNP) aggregation-induced colorimetric aptasensing method for quantitative detection of sulfadimethoxine (SDM) with a smartphone was developed. AuNPs were complexed with aptamers which protected AuNPs from aggregating in high-concentration salt solutions. In the presence of SDM, SDM bound with the aptamer on the surface of AuNPs with higher affinity, which competitively desorbed the aptamer from the AuNP surface and resulted in AuNPs aggregation, accompanied with a color change from red to purple-blue. The R, G and B values of images taken by a smartphone camera were analyzed with an app on the smartphone, and were utilized for quantitative analysis of SDM. Under the optimized conditions, the colorimetric aptasensing method using a smartphone showed high sensitivity for SDM, with the limit of detection of 0.023 ppm, lower than the allowed maximum SDM residue limit. This study provides a simple, fast, and easy to read method for on-site quantitative biochemical and cellular analysis.
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