Highly selective colorimetric detection of hydrochloric acid using unlabeled gold nanoparticles and an oxidizing agent

Suraj Kumar Tripathy; Ju Yeon Woo; Chang Soo Han

doi:10.1021/ac202500m

Highly selective colorimetric detection of hydrochloric acid using unlabeled gold nanoparticles and an oxidizing agent

Suraj Kumar Tripathy, Ju Yeon Woo, Chang Soo Han

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We report a colorimetric system for the detection of HCl in aqueous environments using unlabeled gold nanoparticle (AuNP) probes. This nonaggregation-based detection system relies on the ability of chloro species to cause rapid leaching of AuNPs in an aqueous dispersion containing a strong oxidizing agent, such as HNO ₃ or H ₂O ₂. The leaching process leads to remarkable damping of the surface plasmon resonance peak of the AuNP dispersion. This method works only with AuNPs of a particular size (∼30 nm diameter). It is highly selective for HCl over several common mineral acids, salts, and anions. This simple and cost-effective sensing system provides rapid and simple detection of HCl at concentrations as low as 500 ppm (far below the hazard limit) in natural water systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9206-9212
Number of pages	7
Journal	Analytical chemistry
Volume	83
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ac202500m
Publication status	Published - 2011 Dec 15

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