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Carboxymethyl-dithiocarbamate-functionalized silica nanoparticles for naked-eye detection of Ag+ in aqueous medium

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We prepared the carboxymethyl-dithiocarbamate-functionalized silica nanoparticle for detecting silver ions in aqueous media. The functionalized silica nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The functionalized silica nanoparticles realize highly sensitive and selective detection for Ag+ in aqueous solution with an apparent color change over a pH range of 4–6 and under interfering ions. The functionalized silica nanoparticles allow fast detection for Ag+ at 90 °C with a low minimum detectable concentration (0.09 mM). And a remarkable color change also occurs in the presence of Ag+ solutions containing EDTA. This developed technique can easy and fast detect silver ions by the naked eye without using any sophisticated instrumentation.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 51464024), the Yunnan Province Young Academic Technology Leader Reserve Talents (2012HB008) and the Yunnan Province Natural Science Foundation (2013FB096).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China

    Libo Zhang, Gengwei Zhang, Shixing Wang, Jinhui Peng & Likang Fu

  2. National Local Joint Laboratory of Engineering Application of Microwave Energy and Equipment Technology, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China

    Libo Zhang, Gengwei Zhang, Shixing Wang, Jinhui Peng & Likang Fu

  3. Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China

    Libo Zhang, Gengwei Zhang, Shixing Wang, Jinhui Peng & Likang Fu

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Zhang, L., Zhang, G., Wang, S. et al. Carboxymethyl-dithiocarbamate-functionalized silica nanoparticles for naked-eye detection of Ag+ in aqueous medium. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 80, 709–718 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-016-4164-3

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