Issue 21, 2012

Fenton’s reagent-tuned DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanoclusters as a versatile fluorescence probe and logic device

Abstract

A label-free strategy based on the Fenton reaction with DNA-templated silver nanoclusters (DNA-Ag NCs) as a probe is demonstrated for the sequential detection of Cu2+, ascorbic acid (AA) and H2O2. Cu2+ causes a structural change of the DNA template in DNA-Ag NCs to resist the environmental quenching and emit stronger fluorescence. The addition of AA in the presence of Cu2+ results in a further fluorescence increase of the DNA-Ag NCs. Interestingly, an even higher fluorescence enhancement is recorded by introducing Cu2+ into the DNA-Ag NCs–AA probing system. The fluorescence turn-on probe offers detection limits of 3 nM for Cu2+ and 7 nM for AA. Thereafter, the addition of H2O2 generates hydroxyl radicals from the Fenton reaction, which induces cleavage of the DNA template, leading to fluorescence quenching of the DNA-Ag NCs. This facilitates H2O2 detection. Moreover, based on the DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanoclusters and Fenton reaction, a multiple logic gate system, including AND and a three-input logic gate, is constructed, with Cu2+, AA and H2O2 as inputs, and the fluorescence intensity of the DNA-Ag NCs probe as output.

Graphical abstract: Fenton’s reagent-tuned DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanoclusters as a versatile fluorescence probe and logic device

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Aug 2012
Accepted
25 Aug 2012
First published
28 Aug 2012

Analyst, 2012,137, 4974-4980

Fenton’s reagent-tuned DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanoclusters as a versatile fluorescence probe and logic device

L. Zhang, X. Zhang, B. Hu, L. Shen, X. Chen and J. Wang, Analyst, 2012, 137, 4974 DOI: 10.1039/C2AN36049G

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