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Visual and rapid fluorescence sensing for hexavalent chromium by hydroxypropyl chitosan passivated bismuth-based perovskite quantum dots

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Hydroxypropyl chitosan-Cs3Bi2Cl9 perovskite quantum dots (HPCS-PQDs) were synthesized by a simple ligand-assisted reprecipitation method via green hydroxypropyl chitosan as the ligand and used as the specific signal of a fluorescence probe to achieve the highly sensitive detection of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) and compared with chitosan-Cs3Bi2Cl9 QDs (CS-PQDs). HPCS-PQDs with multiple active hydroxyl passivations were found to enhance the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) by 90%. After being placed in aqueous solution and irradiated with ultraviolet light for 96 h the fluorescence intensity of HPCS-PQDs remained above 60%. The blue emission of HPCS-PQDs has a good selectivity and short response time (30 s) for Cr(VI). A good linear relationship is established between the fluorescence quenching rate of the HPCS-PQDs and concentration of Cr(VI) from 0.8 to 400 µM, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.27 µM. The fluorescence quenching mechanism is the static quenching and internal filtration effect caused by HPCS-PQDs forming a non-fluorescent ground-state complex with Cr(VI). The sensor can not only be used to detect Cr(VI) in water samples with high accuracy but can also be prepared as a test paper for the detection for Cr(VI).

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The authors are grateful for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Program No. 22178210), Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi (Program No. 2021TD -16), Key Project of Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province (Special Support, 2023JC-XJ- 12), Shaanxi Provincial “Special Support Plan for High-level Talents”.

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    Dangge Gao, Ailin Zhang, Bin Lyu & Jianzhong Ma

  2. National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an, 710021, Shaanxi, China

    Dangge Gao, Ailin Zhang, Bin Lyu & Jianzhong Ma

  3. Xi’an Key Laboratory of Green Chemicals and Functional Materials, Xi’an, 710021, Shaanxi, China

    Dangge Gao, Ailin Zhang, Bin Lyu & Jianzhong Ma

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Gao, D., Zhang, A., Lyu, B. et al. Visual and rapid fluorescence sensing for hexavalent chromium by hydroxypropyl chitosan passivated bismuth-based perovskite quantum dots. Microchim Acta 191, 219 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-024-06251-1

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