Thioctic acid modified gold nanoparticles for highly specific and ultrasensitive detection of lanthanum in soil and water†
Alok Pandya,Kuldeep V. Joshi,Pinkesh G. Sutariya,Shobhana K. Menon
Analytical Methods Pub Date : 08/15/2012 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C2AY25633A
Abstract
We report ultrasensitive ligand to metal charge transfer (LMCT) based thioctic acid modified gold nanoparticles for the detection of lanthanum ion with excellent sensitivity (50 nM) and selectivity over other cations.