Abstract
This study reports the synthesis and characterization of the red nanophosphors Zn2SiO4:Eu3+ (ZSO:Eu3+) and Mg2TiO4:Mn4+ (MTO:Mn4+). The use of phosphors as a fluorescence label for lateral flow immunochromatographic assay (LFIA) has also been described. The optimal photoluminescence (PL) for ZSO:Eu3+ was obtained when it was synthesized with 7 mol% of Eu3+ and annealed at 1100 °C for 1 h. Long fluorescence lifetime (1.01 ms), high activation energy it {text{E}}_{text{a}} (0.28 eV), and low PL degeneration (10% at 110 °C) are the characteristics of ZSO:Eu3+. MTO:Mn4+ also exhibited high PL intensity along with a high Ea of 0.32 eV. The emission wavelengths of phosphors are biocompatible with the optical bio-window of tissues. When human immunoglobulin G (human IgG) at a constant concentration of 100 μg/mL was used for detection, the PL ratios of the test line to the control line were 2.15 and 2.28 for the ZSO:Eu3+- and MTO:Mn4+-labeled LFIA, respectively. Thus, the ZSO:Eu3+ and MTO:Mn4+ nanophosphors are capable of human IgG recognition and are the promising candidates as fluorescent labels for on-site rapid optical biodetection.Graphical abstract Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00339-021-04733-0.
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