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Highly selective piezoelectric sensor for lead(II) based on the lead-catalyzed release of gold nanoparticles from a self-assembled nanosurface

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A novel quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor has been developed for highly selective and sensitive detection of Pb2+ by exploiting the catalytic effect of Pb2+ ions on the leaching of gold nanoparticles from the surface of a QCM sensor. The use of self-assembled gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) strongly enlarges the size of the interface and thus amplifies the analytical response resulting from the loss of mass. This results in a very low detection limit for Pb2+ (30 nM). The high selectivity is demonstrated by studying the effect of potentially interfering ions both in the absence and presence of Pb2+ ions. This simple and well reproducible sensor was applied to the determination of lead in the spiked drinking water. This work provides a novel strategy for fabricating QCM sensors towards Pb2+ in real samples.

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This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21375134, 21105105, 21135006 and 21321003) and Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CMS-PY-201214).

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    Yunfeng Xie, Yulong Jin, Yanyan Huang, Guoquan Liu & Rui Zhao

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Xie, Y., Jin, Y., Huang, Y. et al. Highly selective piezoelectric sensor for lead(II) based on the lead-catalyzed release of gold nanoparticles from a self-assembled nanosurface. Microchim Acta 181, 1521–1527 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-014-1208-7

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