A fluorescent dye-doped crystalline assay is employed for selection and detection of thiophilic heavy metal ions. While comparable in analytical performance to known solution based methodologies, the formation of crystalline analytes provides for signal amplification, and consequently, a powerful platform whose analysis is directly amenable to high-throughput video capture systems. In a microcapillary format, this assay is capable of screening hundreds of samples per day for the presence of subnanomolar concentrations of Hg
2+
using a conventional fluorescence microscope.
采用荧光
染料掺杂结晶测定法选择和检测亲
硫重
金属离子。这种方法与已知的溶液基方法在分析性能上相当,但结晶分析物的形成提供了信号放大,因此,这是一个强大的平台,其分析可直接适用于高通量视频捕获系统。在微型毛细管格式下,该测定法能够使用传统荧光显微镜每天筛选数百个样品,以检测亚纳摩尔浓度的Hg2+的存在。