Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5404373 | Journal of Luminescence | 2006 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Inorganic-organic hybrid titania-based nanoparticles covalently bound to a fluorescent Eu3+ chelate of 4,4â²-bis(1â²â²,1â²â²,1â²â²,2â²â²,2â²â²,3â²â²,3â²â²-heptafluoro-4â²â²,6â²â²-hexanedion-6â²â²-yl)chlorosulfo-o-terphenyl (BHHCT-Eu3+) were synthesized by a sol-gel technique. A conjugate of BHHCT with 3-[2-(2-aminoethylamino) ethylamino]propyl-trimethoxysilane (APTS) was used as a precursor for the nanoparticle preparation and monodisperse nanoparticles consisting of titania network and silica sub-network covalently bound to the Eu3+ chelate were prepared by the copolymerization of APTS-BHHCT conjugate, titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) and free APTS in EuCl3 water-alcohol solution. The effects of reaction conditions on size and fluorescence lifetime of the nanoparticles were investigated. The characterizations by transmission electron microscopy and fluorometric methods indicate that the nanoparticles are near spherical and strongly fluorescent having a fluorescence quantum yield of 11.6% and a long fluorescence lifetime of â¼0.4 ms. The direct-introduced amino groups on the nanoparticle's surface by using free APTS in nanoparticle preparation facilitated the biolabeling process of the nanoparticles. The nanoparticle-labeled streptavidin (SA) was prepared and used in a sandwich-type time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TR-FIA) of human prostate-specific antigen (PSA) by using a 96-well microtiter plate as the solid phase carrier. The method gives a detection limit of 66 pg/ml for the PSA assay.
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Authors
Mingqian Tan, Guilan Wang, Zhiqiang Ye, Jingli Yuan,