Advances in aptamer screening and aptasensors' detection of heavy metal ions

W Guo, C Zhang, T Ma, X Liu, Z Chen, S Li… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution has become more and more serious with industrial development and
resource exploitation. Because heavy metal ions are difficult to be biodegraded, they …

Recent advances in engineering aptamer-based sensing and recovery of heavy metals and rare earth elements for environmental sustainability

WR Shin, G Ahn, JP Lee, IH Oh, JY Ahn, YH Kim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) and rare earth elements (REEs) are used in a wide range of industrial
and technological applications, but they can also have harmful effects on the environment …

Coordination‐Driven One‐Step Rapid Self‐Assembly Synthesis of Dual‐Functional Ag@ Pt Nanozyme

Z Du, L Zhu, P Wang, X Lan, S Lin, W Xu - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Realizing high‐precise and adjustable regulation of engineering nanozyme is important in
nanotechnology. Here, Ag@ Pt nanozymes with excellent peroxidase‐like and antibacterial …

Detection of heavy metals in food and agricultural products by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Z Guo, P Chen, N Yosri, Q Chen… - Food Reviews …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy metals accumulating in the human body produce physiological toxicity by interfering
with the transport of human proteins and enzymes. Heavy metals detection is significant for …

Mechanisms of ssDNA aptamer binding to Cd2+ in aqueous solution: A molecular dynamics study

X Wu, H Yuan, R Zhao, P Wang, M Yuan, H Cao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract ssDNA aptamers have been increasingly used to detect heavy metal ions as
recognition elements due to their high affinity and specificity. However, the specific …

Recent advances in computational methods for biosensor design

Z Khoshbin, MR Housaindokht… - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biosensors are analytical tools with a great application in healthcare, food quality control,
and environmental monitoring. They are of considerable interest to be designed by using …

Toward the Ultimate Limit of Analyte Detection, in Graphene-Based Field-Effect Transistors

AW Lee, Y Dong, S Natani, DK Ban, PR Bandaru - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ultimate sensitivity of field-effect-transistor (FET)-based devices for ionic species
detection is of great interest, given that such devices are capable of monitoring single …

A novel fluorescent biosensor based on affinity-enhanced aptamer-peptide conjugate for sensitive detection of lead (II) in aquatic products

K Peng, X Liu, H Yuan, M Li, X Wu, Z Wang… - Analytical and …, 2023 - Springer
Lead contamination is a major concern in food safety and, as such, many lead detection
methods have been developed, especially aptamer-based biosensors. However, the …

Engineering constructed of high selectivity dexamethasone aptamer based on truncation and mutation technology

Y Qin, Y Qin, H Bubiajiaer, F Chen, J Yao… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Various biosensors based on aptamers are currently the most popular rapid detection
approaches, but the performance of these sensors is closely related to the affinity of …

Determination of lead in food by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy with aptamer regulating gold nanoparticles reduction

Z Guo, P Chen, L Yin, M Zuo, Q Chen, HR El-Seedi… - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Lead ion (Pb 2+) is a main heavy metal in food that causes heavy teratogenicity and
carcinogenicity. In this study, a rapid and sensitive SERS method for detecting Pb 2+ in food …