The meso-unsubstituted expanded porphyrinoid 3, incorporating two carbazole moieties, acts as an effective ligand for Co(II) and permits the isolation and X-ray diffraction-based characterization of a 6:3 metal-to-ligand metallocage complex...
Nowadays, the epidemic, employment, and academic pressures are seriously affecting our physical and mental health. Herein, we designed a magneto-controlled photoelectrochemical immunosensor for noninvasive monitoring of salivary cortisol regarded as a pressure biomarker. A competitive immunoassay model was established by coupling bovine serum albumin-cortisol modified magnetic beads (MB-BSA-cortisol) with silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs)-labelled anti-cortisol antibody, and quantity analysis was operated by photoelectrochemical measurement of the CdS/Au electrode as an ion-exchange platform. Accompanying the formation of immune complexes, the carried Ag NCs were readily dissolved with nitric acid to produce abundant silver ions, which transferred to the electrode for ion-exchange reaction with CdS quantum dots to produce Ag
2
S, a new electron–hole capture site, leading to a decrease in the photocurrent intensity. The photocurrent signal gradually recovered with the increase of concentration of target cortisol, acquiring the signal-on mode competitive immunosensing system, which is propitious to the detection of small molecules. Within optimal conditions, this sensor had a satisfactory linear relationship in the range of 0.0001–100 ng mL
−1
with favorable repeatability, specificity, and acceptable method accuracy. The detection limit was as low as 0.06 pg mL
−1
. In addition, this strategy provided new thought for the test of other small-molecule analytes and immunosensor applied in the complex biological system.
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An enhanced handheld pH meter based immunosensor was proposed for point-of-care, quantitative determination of prostate specific antigen (PSA). Monoclonal antibody-functionalized magnetic beads (MB-Ab 1 ) were prepared to capture PSA in sample, and subsequently bond to polyclonal antibody-immobilized gold nanoparticles-polyamide-amine dendrite-lead ion (GO-PAMAM-Pb 2 + ) and dispersed in H 2 S solution. Based on negative Gibbs free energy of formation, PbS (solubility product constant K sp = 8.0 × 10 À 28 was formed by reaction of Pb 2 + and H 2 S. Hence, the pH of solution increased due to the H + appeared, and the resulting pH value was monitored by a handheld pH meter.
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