Volume 53, Issue 46 pp. 12503-12507
Communication

Au@Pt Nanoparticle Encapsulated Target-Responsive Hydrogel with Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip Readout for Quantitative Point-of-Care Testing

Prof. Zhi Zhu

Prof. Zhi Zhu

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Zhichao Guan

Zhichao Guan

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Shasha Jia

Shasha Jia

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Zhichao Lei

Zhichao Lei

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Dr. Shuichao Lin

Dr. Shuichao Lin

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Huimin Zhang

Huimin Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Yanli Ma

Yanli Ma

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Prof. Zhong-Qun Tian

Prof. Zhong-Qun Tian

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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Prof. Chaoyong James Yang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Chaoyong James Yang

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)

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First published: 11 August 2014
Citations: 276

This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB732402, 2013CB933703), the National Science Foundation of China (91313302, 21205100, 21275122), and the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (21325522).

Graphical Abstract

Seeing is believing: A simple and general quantitative method has been developed by integration of target-responsive hydrogels, Au core/Pt shell nanoparticles to catalyze the decomposition of H2O2 to O2, and a volumetric bar-chart chip for a visual quantitative readout. A wide range of targets can be detected without any external electronic devices, as demonstrated for cocaine, with a detection limit of 0.33 μM in urine.

Abstract

Point-of-care testing (POCT) with the advantages of speed, simplicity, portability, and low cost is critical for the measurement of analytes in a variety of environments where access to laboratory infrastructure is lacking. While qualitative POCTs are widely available, quantitative POCTs present significant challenges. Here we describe a novel method that integrates an Au core/Pt shell nanoparticle (Au@PtNP) encapsulated target-responsive hydrogel with a volumetric bar-chart chip (V-Chip) for quantitative POCT. Upon target introduction, the hydrogel immediately dissolves and releases Au@PtNPs, which can efficiently catalyze the decomposition of H2O2 to generate a large volume of O2 to move of an ink bar in the V-Chip. The concentration of the target introduced can be visually quantified by reading the traveling distance of the ink bar. This method has the potential to be used for portable and quantitative detection of a wide range of targets without any external instrument.

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