Peptide–perylene diimide functionalized magnetic nano-platforms for fluorescence turn-on detection and clearance of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

• Main Authors: Liu, Fang, Mu, Jing, Wu, Xiangyang, Bhattacharjya, Surajit, Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee, Xing, Bengang
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103221; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24388
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A simple and unique strategy has been successfully designed for sensitive detection and rapid clearance of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) by integration of core–shell Fe3O4@SiO2 magnetic nanoparticles with a perylene-diimide (PDI) conjugated LPS-recognition peptide.