Abstract
A fluorescent sensing platform using KI3-quenched bovine serum albumin stabilized gold nanoclusters has been designed and used as a fluorescent probe for the turn-on detection of homocysteine/cysteine (Cys/Hcy). The fluorescence of gold nanoclusters was quenched by iodine. The fluorescence of quenched gold nanoclusters was effectively switched on by Cys/Hcy devoid of the interference of glutathione. The transmission electron microscopy image, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, time-correlated single photon counting analysis, and dynamic light scattering data confirmed the aggregation-induced quenching of fluorescence of gold nanoclusters by iodine. The turn-on response of Cys/Hcy shows two linear ranges from 0.0057 to 5 μM and from 8 to 25 μM, with a limit of detection of 9 nM for cysteine and 12 nM for homocysteine. Real samples were analyzed to monitor Cys/Hcy added to human serum. The fluorescence turn-on response of the probe on a paper strip in the presence of Cys/Hcy was studied. Graphical abstract ᅟ.
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