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Highly sensitive and selective detection of 4-nitroaniline in water by a novel fluorescent sensor based on molecularly imprinted poly(ionic liquid)

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A novel molecularly imprinted fluorescent sensor for the determination of 4-nitroaniline (4-NA) was synthesized via free radical polymerization with 3-[(7-methoxy-2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-yl)methyl]-1-vinyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium bromide as the fluorescence functional monomer, 4-NA as the template molecule, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as the cross-linker, and 2,2′-azo(bisisobutyronitrile) as the initiator. The obtained fluorescent poly(ionic liquid) was characterized through Fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis, and fluorescence spectrophotometry. The fluorescent sensor had high fluorescence intensity, short detection time (0.5 min), good selectivity, and excellent sensitivity (limit of detection = 0.8 nM) for 4-NA, with good linear relationships of 2.67–10,000 nM. The practical applicability of the fluorescence sensor in detecting 4-NA in industrial wastewater and spiked environmental water was demonstrated, and a satisfactory result was obtained.

Highly sensitive and selective detection of 4-nitroaniline in water by a novel fluorescent sensor based on molecularly imprinted poly(ionic liquid)

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This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21677060 and 51503079), the Public Welfare Technology Research Project of Zhejiang Province (Nos. LGF18B050004 and LGC19B050007), the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. LY20B050009), and the Science and Technology Plan Project of Jiaxing City, China (Nos. 2017AY33034 and 2018AY11002).

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    Wei Xie & Dongwei Miao

  2. College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, Zhejiang, China

    Wei Xie, Jian Zhang, Yanbo Zeng, Hailong Wang, Yiwen Yang, Yunyun Zhai & Lei Li

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Xie, W., Zhang, J., Zeng, Y. et al. Highly sensitive and selective detection of 4-nitroaniline in water by a novel fluorescent sensor based on molecularly imprinted poly(ionic liquid). Anal Bioanal Chem 412, 5653–5661 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-020-02785-4

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