A molecularly imprinted quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor for ractopamine (RAC) detection was developed by electrodepositing a poly-o-aminothiophenol membrane on an Au electrode surface modified by self-assembled Au nanoparticles (AuNPs). The modified electrodes were characterized by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. This molecul...

This paper describes methodology for direct and indirect detections of a specific oligonucleotide for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) using electrochemical techniques. The sequence of oligonucleotide probe (EBV1) revealed a high sequence identity (100%) with the EBV genome. For the development of the genosensor, EBV1 was grafted to the platform sensitized with poly(4-aminothiophenol). After that, the ...

There is a need for new strategies for noninvasive imaging of pathological conditions within the human body. The approach of combining the unique physical properties of noble-metal nanoparticles with their chemical specificity and an easy way of conjugation open up new routes toward building bio-nano-objects for biomedical tracking and imaging. This work reports the design and assessment of a n...

Well-defined gold nanobelts as well as unique gold nanocombs made of nanobelts were readily synthesized by the reduction of HAuCl4 with ascorbic acid in aqueous mixed solutions of the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and the anionic surfactant sodium dodecylsulfonate (SDSn). Single-crystalline gold nanobelts grown along the <110> and <211> directions were prepared in mi...

a new folate-conjugated gold nanoparticle (aunp) has been designed to selectively target the folate receptor that is overexpressed on the surface of tumoral cells. for this purpose, we made 4-aminothiophenol, as a bifunctional linker to react with haucl4 in the presence of sodium borohydride and it was binded to the aunp surface through its thiol group. then, we conjugated amino-terminated nano...

A new folate-conjugated gold nanoparticle (AuNP) has been designed to selectively target the folate receptor that is overexpressed on the surface of tumoral cells. For this purpose, we made 4-aminothiophenol, as a bifunctional linker to react with HAuCl4 in the presence of sodium borohydride and it was binded to the AuNP surface through its thiol group. Then, we conjugated amino-terminated nano...

The present paper reports the one-pot synthesis of N-doped graphene-Ag nanocomposites (N-GrAg) involving the in situ generation of Ag nanoparticles (NPs). The simultaneous reduction of GO and Ag(+) to produce N-GrAg has been achieved under mild reaction conditions using an environmentally benign reducing agent, glycine, in aqueous medium without adding any external stabilizer. XRD and SAED anal...

Memory devices play an important role in electronics market leading to a growing research interest in the next generation of non-volatile memory cells. Numerous groups [1,2] work on top-down memory cells based on fullerenes C60 that are generally embedded in insulating polymers where they act as storage sites. Beside these studies, a reaction path between amines and fullerenes [3] may be used t...