利用Hg^2+的核酸适体修饰纳米金形成探针建立了一种定量检测Hg^2+离子的方法.Hg^2+适体吸附在纳米金表面,使纳米金的稳定性增强,抑制氯化钠对纳米金的团聚作用.溶液中有Hg^2+离子存在时,由于适体与纳米金的吸附作用小于适体与Hg^2+离子的亲和作用,纳米金失去适体保护在氯化钠作用下发生团聚.溶液颜色由红变蓝,紫外-可见光谱最大吸收峰由520nm红移至620nm.在优化条件下,吸光度的比值(A620/A520)与Hg^2+离子浓度在5.0×10^-9~7.2×10^-7mol·L^-1范围内呈线性关系,检测限可达3.3×10^-10mol·L^-1.研究了K^+,Ca^2+等常见离子的干扰,结果表明该方法具有良好的选择性.
A method was developed for Hg^2+ quantitative determination using the Hg^2+ aptamer to modify gold nanoparticles (AuNP). The aptamer would adsorb onto the AuNP and help to enhance the AuNP stability against salt-induced aggregation. But this attraction was weaker than the affinity between the target (H^g2+) and the aptamer. So if the proper Hg^2+ and aptamer were put into the AuNP solution, addition of salt resulted in aggregation of AuNP that led to red-to-blue color change. And the maximum absorption wavelength would change from 520 to 620 nm. Before detecting Hg^2+, the concentrations of NaC1 and aptamer were optimized, and the appropriate pH was chosen. Under optimal conditions, the absorption ratio A620/A520 was proportional to the concentration of Hg^2+ in the range of 5.0 × 10^-9 to 7.2 × 10^-7 mol·L^-1 and the detection limit was 3.3 × 10^-10 mol·L^-1. Interferences from selected inorganic ions were investigated and the proposed method was simple and sensitive.