PMID- 38500611 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240320 IS - 2046-2069 (Electronic) IS - 2046-2069 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 13 DP - 2024 Mar 14 TI - Highly specific colorimetric detection based on aggregation of l-cysteine functionalized gold nanoparticles for cypermethrin in water samples. PG - 9175-9183 LID - 10.1039/d3ra07626a [doi] AB - A fast, simple, and selective colorimetric assay for quantifying cypermethrin in water samples is proposed using l-cysteine functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs@Cyst). Cypermethrin is hydrolyzed by potassium hydroxide to obtain hydrolyzed cypermethrin in the form of 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde by-product (HCy). The detection strategy is based on the aggregation of AuNPs@Cyst caused by hydrogen-bonding recognition between the aldehyde group of HCy and the amine group of l-cysteine on the surface of AuNPs@Cyst. As a result, in the presence of HCy under optimal pH 7, AuNPs@Cyst aggregates within 7 min, exhibiting a distinct color change from red to blue-gray, which can be evaluated with the naked eye and UV-visible spectrophotometry. From FE-TEM image, the stable and spherical AuNPs@Cyst had an average size of 13.8 +/- 1.6 nm, and from zeta potential analysis, the charge of AuNPs@Cyst was -25.04 +/- 1.66 mV. The surface plasmon resonance band of dispersed AuNPs@Cyst was red shifted from 525 nm to 634 nm when AuNPs@Cyst was aggregated. The absorbance ratio (A(634)/A(525)) was linearly related to cypermethrin concentrations from 0.5 to 13.0 mg L(-1). The limit of detection was 0.2 mg L(-1) and precision, expressed as relative standard deviations (RSDs), ranged from 1.9 to 7.3%. In the presence of interfering pesticides (carbaryl, ethion, profenofos and abamectin), only cypermethrin produced a significantly different response, confirming the selectivity of AuNPs@Cyst. Finally, AuNPs@Cyst was applied to determine cypermethrin in water samples, achieving very satisfied recoveries (>98.6%) and RSDs lower than 6.1%. CI - This journal is (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry. FAU - Rujiralai, Thitima AU - Rujiralai T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0891-0853 AD - Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry and Division of Physical Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University Hat Yai Songkhla 90110 Thailand thitima.r@psu.ac.th. AD - Analytical Chemistry and Environment Research Unit, Division of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University Pattani 94000 Thailand. FAU - Leelaharat, Nitchakarn AU - Leelaharat N AD - Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry and Division of Physical Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University Hat Yai Songkhla 90110 Thailand thitima.r@psu.ac.th. AD - Analytical Chemistry and Environment Research Unit, Division of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University Pattani 94000 Thailand. FAU - Cheewasedtham, Wilairat AU - Cheewasedtham W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2569-0282 AD - Analytical Chemistry and Environment Research Unit, Division of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University Pattani 94000 Thailand. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240318 PL - England TA - RSC Adv JT - RSC advances JID - 101581657 PMC - PMC10946417 COIS- There are no conflicts to declare. EDAT- 2024/03/19 06:44 MHDA- 2024/03/19 06:45 PMCR- 2024/03/18 CRDT- 2024/03/19 03:37 PHST- 2023/11/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/19 06:45 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/19 06:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/19 03:37 [entrez] PHST- 2024/03/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - d3ra07626a [pii] AID - 10.1039/d3ra07626a [doi] PST - epublish SO - RSC Adv. 2024 Mar 18;14(13):9175-9183. doi: 10.1039/d3ra07626a. eCollection 2024 Mar 14.