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A lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was developed for the determination of fumonisin mycotoxins. The fluorescence of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs), observed at excitation/emission wavelengths of 365/525 nm, is suppressed by the addition of silver nanoparticles (SNPs) or gold nanoparticles (GNPs) because SNPs overlap the excitation bands of the QDs, and GNPs overlap the emission bands. The fluorescence of the QDs is recovered upon addition of fumonisins, allowing for the sensitive detection in “positive mode” of the target mycotoxin by monitoring the changes of the QDs fluorescence intensity. The SNPs are found to be the most effective quenchers, while the use of GNPs allows for an efficient recovery of fluorescence and can be employed in the LFIA. The method was successfully applied to the fluorometric determination of fumonisins in spiked maize flour samples. The visual detection limit is at the ng·mL−1 level. This is four times lower compared to the colorimetric LFIA based on the use of the conventional gold NPs.
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Anfossi, L., Di Nardo, F., Cavalera, S. et al. A lateral flow immunoassay for straightforward determination of fumonisin mycotoxins based on the quenching of the fluorescence of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots by gold and silver nanoparticles. Microchim Acta 185, 94 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2642-0
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