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A turn-on fluorescent sulfide probe prepared from carbon dots and MnO2 nanosheets

Microchimica Acta volume 186, Article number: 281 (2019) Cite this article

Abstract

A turn-on fluorescent sulfide probe was prepared from carbon dots (CDs; synthesized using an environmentally friendly method) and MnO2 nanosheets. In this composite probe, the fluorescence of the CDs (with excitation/emission peaks at 330/430 nm) is quenched by the MnO2 nanosheets through an inner filter effect. Introducing sulfide causes the MnO2 nanosheets to be disintegrated through a redox reaction between sulfide and MnO2. Hence, the blue fluorescence of the CDs is restored. Under the optimum conditions, fluorescence increases linearly in the 2–25 μM sulfide concentration range. The detection limit is 0.8 μM. The method was used to analyze spiked real water samples, and satisfactory results were achieved.

Schematic of the detecting sulfide ions using the carbon dots/MnO2 fluorescence probe based on the recovery of carbon dot fluorescence when sulfide ions are added.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21205002, 21762004) and the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, China (1708085 MB48).

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    Jinshui Liu & Zihan Zhou

  2. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People’s Republic of China

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Liu, J., Liu, C. & Zhou, Z. A turn-on fluorescent sulfide probe prepared from carbon dots and MnO2 nanosheets. Microchim Acta 186, 281 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3413-x

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Keywords

  • Fluorescence quenching
  • Sulfide probe
  • Nanomaterial
  • Inner filter effect
  • Redox reaction