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- Title
Synthesis of strongly fluorescent carbon quantum dots modified with polyamidoamine and a triethoxysilane as quenchable fluorescent probes for mercury(II).
- Authors
Tang, Wenjie; Wang, Yan; Wang, Panpan; Di, Junwei; Yang, Jianping; Wu, Ying
- Abstract
This article reports on the synthesis of water dispersible carbon quantum dots (CDs) by a one-step hydrothermal method using polyamidoamine (PAMAM) and (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) as a platform and passivant. The resulting CDs are highly uniform and finely dispersed. The synergistic effect between PAMAM and APTES on the surface of the CDs results in a fluorescence that is much brighter than that of CDs modified with either APTES or PAMAM only. The fluorescence of the co-modified CDs is quenched by Hg(II) ions at fairly low concentrations. Under the optimum conditions, the intensity of quenched fluorescence drops with Hg(II) concentration in the range from 0.2 nM to 10 μM, and the detection limit is 87 fM. The effect of potentially interfering cations on the fluorescence revealed a high selectivity for Hg. The fluorescent probe was applied to the determination of Hg(II) in (spiked) waters and milk and gave recoveries between 95.6 and 107 %, with relative standard deviation between 4.4 and 6.0 %.
- Subjects
QUANTUM dot synthesis; POLYAMIDOAMINE dendrimers; QUENCHING (Chemistry); FLUORESCENT probes; STANDARD deviations
- Publication
Microchimica Acta, 2016, Vol 183, Issue 9, p2571
- ISSN
0026-3672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00604-016-1898-0