Highly selective and sensitive fluorescent probe for the rapid detection of mercury ions
Mercury (Hg) is one of the major toxic heavy metals, harmful to the environment and human health. Thus, it is significantly important to find an easy and quick method to detect Hg 2+ . In this study, we designed and synthesized a simple fluorescent probe with excellent properties, such as high sensi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | RSC advances 2019-04, Vol.9 (19), p.1554-156 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Mercury (Hg) is one of the major toxic heavy metals, harmful to the environment and human health. Thus, it is significantly important to find an easy and quick method to detect Hg
2+
. In this study, we designed and synthesized a simple fluorescent probe with excellent properties, such as high sensitivity and selectivity, rapid response, and outstanding water solubility. When Hg
2+
(5 μM) was added to the probe solution, it exhibited a very large fluorescent enhancement (about 350-fold stronger than the free probe) with the help of hydrogen peroxide (H
2
O
2
). Probe
HCDC
could quantitatively detect Hg
2+
in the range of 0-10 μM using the fluorescence spectroscopy method and the detection limit was measured to be about 0.3 nM (based on a 3
σ
/slope). Analytical application was also studied, and the probe
HCDC
exhibited excellent response to Hg
2+
with the addition of H
2
O
2
in real water samples. So, our proposed probe
HCDC
provided a practical and promising method for determining Hg
2+
in the environment.
A novel water-soluble, highly selective and sensitive rapid-response fluorescent probe was developed to monitor mercury ions in real water samples. |
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ISSN: | 2046-2069 2046-2069 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c9ra00622b |