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This month sees the following articles in Analyst that are in the top ten most accessed:-

DNA as a target for anticancer compounds screening directly by resonance light scattering technique 
Zhanguang Chen, Yurui Peng, Maohuai Chen, Xi Chen and Guomin Zhang 
Analyst, 2010, 135, 2653-2660 DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00386G   

Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis 
Iain A. Larmour and Duncan Graham 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3831-3853 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15452D    

Conjugation of quantum dots with graphene for fluorescence imaging of live cells 
Mei-Ling Chen, Jia-Wei Liu, Bo Hu, Ming-Li Chen and Jian-Hua Wang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 4277-4283 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15474E    

Aptameric system for the highly selective and ultrasensitive detection of protein in human serum based on non-stripping gold nanoparticles 
Yanhua Sun, Sheng Cai, Zhijuan Cao, Choiwan Lau and Jianzhong Lu 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 4144-4151 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15520B    

Colorimetric assay for sulfate using positively-charged gold nanoparticles and its application for real-time monitoring of redox process
 Min Zhang, Yu-Qiang Liu and Bang-Ce Ye 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 4558-4562 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15632B   

Hemin/G-quadruplexes as DNAzymes for the fluorescent detection of DNA, aptamer–thrombin complexes, and probing the activity of glucose oxidase
 Eyal Golub, Ronit Freeman, Angelica Niazov and Itamar Willner 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 4397-4401 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15596B

Top-down mass spectrometry: Recent developments, applications and perspectives 
Weidong Cui, Henry W. Rohrs and Michael L. Gross 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3854-3864 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15286F    

Applications of nanoscale carbon-based materials in heavy metal sensing and detection 
Adam K. Wanekaya 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 4383-4391 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15574A    

A novel nitrite sensor based on graphene/polypyrrole/chitosan nanocomposite modified glassy carbon electrode
 Daixin Ye, Liqiang Luo, Yaping Ding, Qiang Chen and Xiao Liu 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 4563-4569 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15486A    

A new FRET nanoprobe for trypsin using a bridged ß-cyclodextrin dimer–dye complex and its biological imaging applications
 Ping Li, Ying Liu, Xu Wang and Bo Tang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 4520-4525 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15271H    

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This month sees the following articles in Analyst that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Under-three minute PCR: Probing the limits of fast amplification
 E. K. Wheeler, C. A. Hara, J. Frank, J. Deotte, S. B. Hall, W. Benett, C. Spadaccini and N. R. Beer
 Analyst, 2011, 136, 3707-3712 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15365J  

Colorimetric detection of Cd2+ using gold nanoparticles cofunctionalized with 6-mercaptonicotinic acid and l-Cysteine
 Ying Xue, Hong Zhao, Zhijiao Wu, Xiangjun Li, Yujian He and Zhuobin Yuan 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3725-3730 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15238F

A gold nanorod based colorimetric probe for the rapid and selective detection of Cu2+ ions 
Jing-Min Liu, He-Fang Wang and Xiu-Ping Yan 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3904-3910 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15460E  

Specifically colorimetric recognition of calcium, strontium, and barium ions using 2-mercaptosuccinic acid-functionalized gold nanoparticles and its use in reliable detection of calcium ion in water
Jia Zhang, Yong Wang, Xiaowen Xu and Xiurong Yang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3865-3868 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15175D  

One-step assay for detecting influenza virus using dynamic light scattering and gold nanoparticles
Jeremy D. Driskell, Cheryl A. Jones, S. Mark Tompkins and Ralph A. Tripp 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3083-3090 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15303J  

Biologically modified hydrogels for chemical and biochemical analysis 
Sean P. Bird and Lane A. Baker 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3410-3418 DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00871K  

Gold nanoparticle-based homogeneous fluorescent aptasensor for multiplex detection 
Yeon Seok Kim and Jongsoo Jurng 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3720-3724 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15261K  

Graphene electrochemistry: an overview of potential applications 
Dale A. C. Brownson and Craig E. Banks 
Analyst, 2010, 135, 2768-2778 DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00590H  

A DNA hybridization detection based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer between dye-doped core-shell silica nanoparticles and gold nanoparticles 
Feng Gao, Peng Cui, Xiaoxiao Chen, Qingqing Ye, Maoguo Li and Lun Wang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3973-3980 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15287D  

Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis 
Iain A. Larmour and Duncan Graham 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3831-3853 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15452D

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This month sees the following articles in Analyst that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Selective colorimetric sensing of mercury(ii) using turn off–turn on mechanism from riboflavin stabilized silver nanoparticles in aqueous medium 
Bappaditya Roy, Partha Bairi and Arun K. Nandi 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3605-3607 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15459A  

Multiplexed analysis of silver(i) and mercury(ii) ions using oligonucletide–metal nanoparticle conjugates 
Gioi Dong Huy, Min Zhang, Peng Zuo and Bang-Ce Ye 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3289-3294 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15373K    

Label-free fluorescent detection of thrombin using G-quadruplex-based DNAzyme as sensing platform 
Yuanfu Zhang, Baoxin Li and Yan Jin 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3268-3273 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN00002K    

Gold and silver nanoparticles: A class of chromophores with colors tunable in the range from 400 to 750 nm 
Yugang Sun and Younan Xia
Analyst, 2003, 128, 686-691 DOI: 10.1039/B212437H    

A single DNA aptamer functions as a biosensor for ricin 
Elise A. Lamont, Lili He, Keith Warriner, Theodore P. Labuza and Srinand Sreevatsan 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3884-3895 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15352H   

Graphene electrochemistry: an overview of potential applications 
Dale A. C. Brownson and Craig E. Banks 
Analyst, 2010, 135, 2768-2778 DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00590H    

Detection of mercury and phenylmercury ions using DNA-based fluorescent probe 
Yang-Wei Lin and Huan-Tsung Chang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3323-3328 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15117G 
 
Surface enhanced optical spectroscopies for bioanalysis 
Iain A. Larmour and Duncan Graham 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3831-3853 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15452D  

Sensitive detection of glucose based on gold nanoparticles assisted silver mirror reaction 
Tangsong Li, Kui Zhu, Sha He, Xi Xia, Shaoqin Liu, Zhuo Wang and Xingyu Jiang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 2893-2896 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15256D 

A sensitive colorimetric label-free assay for trypsin and inhibitor screening with gold nanoparticles 
Wangxin Xue, Guanxin Zhang and Deqing Zhang 
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3136-3141 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15224F   

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