Fig. 5From: Influence of citrate buffer and flash heating in enhancing the sensitivity of ratiometric genosensing of Hepatitis C virus using plasmonic gold nanoparticlesEffect of particle aggregation measured through the dynamic light scattering analyses over Au NPs in citrate buffer before and after addition of 340 mM NaCl: a panel showing the effect of salt-induced aggregation over citrate-capped Au NPs, control sample without any flash heating, and target subjected to three different hybridization conditions. The concentration of probe, target (T), and control (C) were fixed as 3 μM. b Zoomed in data of the target samples subjected to different hybridization conditions shown in (a)Back to article page