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Chitosan-wrapped gold nanoparticles for hydrogen-bonding recognition and colorimetric determination of the antibiotic kanamycin

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The authors describe a colorimetric assay for the quantitation of antibiotic kanamycin. It is based on hydrogen-bonding recognition capability of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in a chitosan matrix. Hydrogen-bonding interaction between kanamycin and chitosan induces the aggregation of the AuNPs, and this result in a color change of the AuNPs from wine red to blue. The ratio of the absorbance at 650 nm and 520 nm increases linearly over the 0.01 to 40 μM kanamycin concentration range, and the detection limit is 8 nM (at an S/N ratio of 3). This low detection limit easily matches the maximum residue limits established by the European Union for milk (288 nM). Selectivity experiments revealed the assay to have a satisfactory specificity. It was applied to the determination of trace levels of kanamycin in (spiked) real samples. Results agreed well with those obtained by HPLC. The method does not require tedious detection procedure or sophisticated instrumentation.

Schematic of a colorimetric method for sensitive determination of kanamycin. It is based on chitosan-wrapped gold nanoparticles (chitosan-AuNPs) for hydrogen-bonding recognition. The method has a detection limit as low as 8 nM.

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Acknowledgements

This study was financially supported by the Program for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51408206, 51378190, 51278176, 51579098, 51521006, 21507034), the National Program for Support of Top-Notch Young Professionals of China (2014), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-13-0186), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT-13R17), Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (No.521293050), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2016A030310022).

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    Cui Lai, Xigui Liu, Lei Qin, Chen Zhang, Guangming Zeng, Danlian Huang, Min Cheng, Piao Xu & Huan Yi

  2. Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, 410082, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

    Cui Lai, Xigui Liu, Lei Qin, Chen Zhang, Guangming Zeng, Danlian Huang, Min Cheng, Piao Xu & Huan Yi

  3. South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of PRC, Guangzhou, 510655, China

    Dawei Huang

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Lai, C., Liu, X., Qin, L. et al. Chitosan-wrapped gold nanoparticles for hydrogen-bonding recognition and colorimetric determination of the antibiotic kanamycin. Microchim Acta 184, 2097–2105 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2218-z

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