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A Real-Time Detection Method of Hg2+ in Drinking Water via Portable Biosensor: Using a Smartphone as a Low-Cost Micro-Spectrometer to Read the Colorimetric Signals.

In Biosensors

This paper reported a real-time detection strategy for Hg2+ inspired by the visible spectrophotometer that used a smartphone as a low-cost micro-spectrometer. In combination with the smartphone's camera and optical accessories, the phone's built-in software can process the received light band image and then read out the spectral data in real time. The sensor was also used to detect gold nanoparticles with an LOD of 0.14 μM, which are widely used in colorimetric biosensors. Ultimately, a gold nanoparticles-glutathione (AuNPs-GSH) conjugate was used as a probe to detect Hg2+ in water with an LOD of 1.2 nM and was applied successfully to natural mineral water, pure water, tap water, and river water samples.

Gu Yifan, Jiao Leizi, Cao Fengjing, Liu Xinchao, Zhou Yunhai, Yang Chongshan, Gao Zhen, Zhang Mengjie, Lin Peng, Han Yuxing, Dong Daming

2022-Nov-14

Hg2+ detection, colorimetric sensor, gold nanoparticle, micro-spectrometer, smartphone