A plasmonic aptasensor for ultrasensitive detection of thrombin via arrested rolling circle amplification†
Abstract
A sensitive signal generation mechanism for gold nanoparticle growth by reducing gold ions with hydrogen peroxide is applied in a plasmonic aptasensor, achieving naked-eye detection of thrombin at the single-molecule level based on the specific interaction of aptamer–thrombin via an arrested rolling circle amplification to yield horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-mimicking DNAzymes as biocatalysts.