As an antibiotic, tetracycline has been widely used against bacterial infection or as feed additives for growth promotion, which may lead to the enrichment of antibiotic residues in animals or their products. Therefore, the detection of tetracycline is closely related to human health. The morphological transformation of CoOOH nanoflakes induced by tetracycline was monitored by scanning electron microscope images, dark-field light scattering images and optical spectra, which found that tetracycline could decompose CoOOH nanoflakes into small nanoparticles with low light scattering signal. As a result, the reduced light scattering of CoOOH nanoflakes was proportional to the increased concentration of tetracycline in the range of 1.0–250 μmol/L, and the limit of determination (LOD) was 0.23 μmol/L (3σ/k). Most foreign substances did not interfere in the analysis of tetracycline. Furthermore, the concentration of tetracycline in different milk samples detected with the standard addition method was so low that it accorded with the safety regulation, which was similar to the detection result with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
Na An,Yao Zhang,Han Sheng Lu,Shuang Long Tang,Yan Gao,Xiao Hui Li,Chong Shen Guo
Currently, cancer theranostic studies have only focused on integrating existing medical imaging techniques with therapeutic modalities. Obviously, this strategy is not a real theranostic method, as diagnosis and therapy are based on different principles and require independent operation. Here, a cancer theranostic method was established by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)-mediated synergistic photothermal/photodynamic therapy, which was activated by a single 1064-nm light for simultaneous tumor localization and treatment. PEGylated cobalt phosphate ( [email protected] ) nanoparticles (NPs) with strong near-infrared (NIR)-II absorbance, high photothermal conversion efficiency and a reactive oxygen species generation effect were fabricated, and they produced excellent antitumor outcomes under 1064-nm excitation, as evidenced by the substantial increase in HepG2 cell death in vitro and complete tumor elimination in vivo . Meanwhile, the diagnostic method of the LIBS imaging system used in the present study also uses 1064-nm light. The LIBS imaging system can provide fast, real-time analysis and imaging of elements and facilitate the localization of the tumor site by monitoring the distribution of [email protected] NPs for precise tumor treatment. We postulate that this theranostic platform will promote the development of further theranostic research.