Colorimetric detection of mercury ions based on plasmonic nanoparticles

• Main Authors: Du, Jianjun, Jiang, Lin, Shao, Qi, Liu, Xiaogang, Marks, Robert S., Ma, Jan, Chen, Xiaodong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102034; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18917
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The development of rapid, specific, cost-effective, and robust tools in monitoring Hg2+ levels in both environmental and biological samples is of utmost importance due to the severe mercury toxicity to humans. A number of techniques exist, but the colorimetric assay, which is reviewed herein, is sho...