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Ultrasensitive determination of mercury(II) using a chemiluminescence system composed of permanganate, rhodamine B and gold nanoprisms

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The article describes a highly sensitive and fairly simple chemiluminescence (CL) assay for mercury(II) ions. The CL system consists of an alkaline solution of rhodamine B (RhoB) and KMnO4 whose weak emission undergoes a large enhancement in presence of gold nanoparticles and, in particular, of anisotropic gold nanoprisms (Au-NPr). CL intensity is, however, decreased in the presence of Hg(II) by suppressing the interaction between RhoB and Au-NPr. Based on this finding, a method was developed for the determination of Hg(II). Under optimum conditions, Hg(II) can be quantified in the 67 pM to 33.3 nM concentration range, and the detection limit (at 3 σ) is 27 pM. In comparison to other nanoparticle based methods, the one described here has a strongly improved LOD as shown in the successful analysis of environmental water samples.

The reaction of permanganate and rhodamine B in alkaline solution produces a strong chemiluminescence in the presence of gold nanoprisms. The diminishing effect of Hg2+ on this system was exploited to develop a sensitive method for its determination

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  1. North-West Institute of Science and Technology, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Urmia, 5713616864, Iran

    Yones Mosaei Oskoei & Javad Hassanzadeh

  2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, 5166616471, Iran

    Nafiseh Bagheri & Javad Hassanzadeh

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Mosaei Oskoei, Y., Bagheri, N. & Hassanzadeh, J. Ultrasensitive determination of mercury(II) using a chemiluminescence system composed of permanganate, rhodamine B and gold nanoprisms. Microchim Acta 182, 1635–1642 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-015-1494-8

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