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Fe3+ sensitivity fluorescence sensor from β-cyclodextrin-enhanced Eu3+ luminescence aggregates

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In this work, novel β-cyclodextrin-enhanced Eu3+ luminescence aggregates (CELAs) with bright red fluorescence of Eu3+ are prepared. These CELAs exhibit the quick response and highly selective sensitivity at the concentration of 50 µM Fe3+. A series of ligands (such as TTA, phen, β-cyclodextrin) sensitizes the luminescence of Eu3+ (the “antenna effect”), and metal ions–ligands interactions can differentially alter the antenna effect of ligands toward Eu3+. Addition of EDTA to chelate Fe3+ restores the fluorescence, indicating that the fluorescence quenching in the presence of Fe3+ is reversible. This research provides that CELAs integrate these merits of superior lanthanide fluorescence and the amphiphilia property of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). It is a unique system with enhancement Eu3+ luminescence in ethanol–water system and will be applied for aqueous solution detection sensor with high selectivity and reversibility for Fe3+. On the other hand, the on-off fluorescence property of the CELAs is convenient for environmental detection system.

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This work is financially supported by Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (No. ZR2019BD061, SZJ71901CZ, ZR2019PD004), Academy local cooperation fund of Shandong Academy of Sciences (2018CXY-31, 2018CXY-32, 2019-CXY1), foundation of Shandong Academy of Sciences (2019QN0036).

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  1. Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), 37 Miaoling Road, Qingdao, 266061, P. R. China

    Jing Wang, Tao Wang, Yimeng Hu, Xiaonan Zhang, Yanyan Ma, Hongmin Lv, Shanshan Xu & Zike Jiang

  2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Monitoring Instrument Equipment Technology, 37 Miaoling Road, Qingdao, 266061, P. R. China

    Jing Wang, Tao Wang, Yimeng Hu, Xiaonan Zhang, Yanyan Ma, Hongmin Lv, Shanshan Xu & Zike Jiang

  3. National Engineering and Technological Research Center of Marine Monitoring Equipment, 37 Miaoling Road, Qingdao, 266061, P. R. China

    Jing Wang, Tao Wang, Yimeng Hu, Xiaonan Zhang, Yanyan Ma, Hongmin Lv, Shanshan Xu & Zike Jiang

  4. Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), 3501 Daxue Road, Jinan, 250306, P. R. China

    Jing Wang, Tao Wang, Yimeng Hu, Xiaonan Zhang, Yanyan Ma, Hongmin Lv, Shanshan Xu, Yinglong Wang & Zike Jiang

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Wang, J., Wang, T., Hu, Y. et al. Fe3+ sensitivity fluorescence sensor from β-cyclodextrin-enhanced Eu3+ luminescence aggregates. J Mater Sci 56, 10979–10989 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-05961-8

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