Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research for Sustainable Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
Abstract:
Aptamer–silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) based surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensor has been developed for Hg2+ detection by employing the structure-switching aptamer in the presence of spermine. This simple method shows excellent sensitivity and selectivity owing to the sensitive SERS detection technique and high specificity of aptamer for binding Hg2+.