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Detection of Gold Nanoparticles Aggregation Using Light Scattering for Molecular Sensing

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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been commonly used in molecular sensing, in the form of observation of the color change from red to blue of the AuNP solution, caused by target-molecule-induced AuNP aggregation. In this work, the changes in absorbance and scattering spectra caused by AuNP aggregation were studied using thrombin-induced AuNP aggregation as a model. We demonstrated for the first time that scattering spectra is more sensitive to the changes owing to AuNP aggregation than absorbance spectra. Moreover, a digital color analysis of darkfield images using dark field microscopy (DFM) facilitated a simple method for detection of AuNPs aggregation without the use of spectroscopic analysis. Furthermore, we demonstrated that DFM is useful for detecting AuNPs aggregation in a colored solution, in which the color change by AuNPs aggregation is not visible.

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The authors are grateful for financial support from Ehime University (Research Unit for Advanced Nano-Bioanalysis to A. O., T. A. and T. Z.) and JSPS KAKENHI (16K05846 to A. O.).

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, 2-5 Bunkyo, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan

    Yuki Yano, Yuki Yano-Ozawa & Tamotsu Zako

  2. Department of Materials Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, 3 Bunkyo, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan

    Masamichi Nisougi & Tsuyoshi Asahi

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ehime University, 2-5 Bunkyo, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Ohguni & Tamotsu Zako

  4. Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, 3 Bunkyo, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan

    Atsushi Ogawa

  5. Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

    Mizuo Maeda

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Yano, Y., Nisougi, M., Yano-Ozawa, Y. et al. Detection of Gold Nanoparticles Aggregation Using Light Scattering for Molecular Sensing. ANAL. SCI. 35, 685–690 (2019). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.18P571

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