Two highly water-soluble, biocompatible, stable and bright fluoresceinamine based pH-sensitive nanoparticles (FANPs) are presented.
These FANPs can be used for a rapid, accurate, reproducible and highly sensitive detection of E. coli bacterial growth.
These FANPs are very easy to synthesize with a low cost and can be easily used in any laboratory without additional expensive instrumentation or experienced operators.
These FANPs allow for continuous monitoring for real-time detection of bacterial growth and can be used for screening of a large number of samples for high-throughput applications such as the measurement of the change in bacterial metabolism due to the presence of antibiotics.