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Time-Resolved Fluorescence Immunoassay for C-Reactive Protein Using Colloidal Semiconducting Nanoparticles

Besides the typical short-lived fluorescence with decay times in the nanosecond range, colloidal II/VI semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed in buffer also possess a long-lived fluorescence component with decay times in the microsecond range. Here, the signal intensity of the long-lived luminescence...

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Autores principales: Härmä, Harri, Toivonen, Juha, Soini, Juhani T., Hänninen, Pekka, Parak, Wolfgang J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22247668
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s111211335
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author Härmä, Harri
Toivonen, Juha
Soini, Juhani T.
Hänninen, Pekka
Parak, Wolfgang J.
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description Besides the typical short-lived fluorescence with decay times in the nanosecond range, colloidal II/VI semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed in buffer also possess a long-lived fluorescence component with decay times in the microsecond range. Here, the signal intensity of the long-lived luminescence at microsecond range is shown to increase 1,000-fold for CdTe nanoparticles in PBS buffer. This long-lived fluorescence can be conveniently employed for time-gated fluorescence detection, which allows for improved signal-to-noise ratio and thus the use of low concentrations of nanoparticles. The detection principle is demonstrated with a time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay for the detection of C-reactive protein (CRP) using CdSe-ZnS nanoparticles and green light excitation.
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spelling pubmed-32519852012-01-13 Time-Resolved Fluorescence Immunoassay for C-Reactive Protein Using Colloidal Semiconducting Nanoparticles Härmä, Harri Toivonen, Juha Soini, Juhani T. Hänninen, Pekka Parak, Wolfgang J. Sensors (Basel) Article Besides the typical short-lived fluorescence with decay times in the nanosecond range, colloidal II/VI semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed in buffer also possess a long-lived fluorescence component with decay times in the microsecond range. Here, the signal intensity of the long-lived luminescence at microsecond range is shown to increase 1,000-fold for CdTe nanoparticles in PBS buffer. This long-lived fluorescence can be conveniently employed for time-gated fluorescence detection, which allows for improved signal-to-noise ratio and thus the use of low concentrations of nanoparticles. The detection principle is demonstrated with a time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay for the detection of C-reactive protein (CRP) using CdSe-ZnS nanoparticles and green light excitation. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2011-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3251985/ /pubmed/22247668 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s111211335 Text en © 2011 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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title_short Time-Resolved Fluorescence Immunoassay for C-Reactive Protein Using Colloidal Semiconducting Nanoparticles
title_sort time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay for c-reactive protein using colloidal semiconducting nanoparticles
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22247668
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s111211335
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