J-Aggregated Fluorescence Nanoparticles with Multichromatic Performance Enable Sensitive LFIA Platform.

Zhang, Gan; Lai, Keyang; Zhang, Lilin; Lai, Xiaocui; Deng, Shengliang; Peng, Juan; Lai, Weihua · Nano Lett · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The application of conventional lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) remains challenging due to its single signal readout and poor sensitivity. In this work, we developed J-aggregated fluorescence nanoparticles (JNPs) with multichromatic performance and employed them as reporters for the simultaneous and sensitive detection of T-2 and AFB1 toxins on the LFIA platform. Upon the strong confinement effect of nanoparticles, the emission region of JNPs was red-shifted from ∼545 to ∼620 nm, exhibiting a strong J-aggregation phenomenon. Subsequently, two JNPs with green emission and red emission were employed for the development of multiplexed LFIA platform (JNPs-LFIA) for on-site quantitative detection of T-2 and AFB1 toxins, with the limits of detection of 0.645 ng mL<sup>-1</sup> and 0.0035 ng mL<sup>-1</sup>, which were 3.5-fold and 12.2-fold lower than those of AuNPs-LFIA, respectively. Overall, this work provides an efficient strategy for the design of multichromatic immunoprobes and promotes the development of reporters in biosensing application.

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