A facile method to build a proton nanosensor with neutral to basic pH sensitive range

摘要

Bio-nanosensors(Bio-NSs)have attracted much attention recently due to their unique properties.Among all of the bio-NSs,the intracellular proton sensor is significant for biomedicine studies and clinic diagnosis.Proton nanosensors(PNSs)with different pH sensitive ranges could satisfy different research requirements.Here we report a facile method to build a PNS with a neutral to basic pH sensitive range,in which the commercial pH indicator,fluoresceinamine(FA),was covalently coupled to the carboxylic-rich amphiphilic polymer(AP)coated gold nanoparticles(AuNPs).