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Highly Selective Detection of Cr(VI) in Water Matrix by a Simple 1,8-Naphthalimide-Based Turn-On Fluorescent Sensor

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4-Bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-N-n-butyl-1,8-naphthalimide was developed into a turn-on fluorescent sensor for Cr(VI). In the mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide and deionized water (1:9, v/v), the sensor could highly selectively distinguish CrO4 2− from Cr3+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Mn2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+, Pb2+, NO3−, SO4 2−, PO4 3−, IO3 −, ClO− and Cl− by a 6-fold fluorescence enhancement. The working concentration of CrO4 2− was from 0 to 90 μM with a detection limit of 3.6 × 10−7 mol/L. The detection could be carried out in water matrix and within a wide pH range (approximately from 2 to 12), and a large number of environmentally and biologically relevant ions including Cr3+ showed no significant interferences with the detection. The sensing mechanism was explored by reversibility and LC/MS analysis, as well as Job’s plot experiment, and the results suggested that the recognition was based on the oxidation of the primary alcohol in the structure of the sensor by the Cr(VI) sources.

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The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21074085) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Zhiyuan Zhang, Chunming Sha, Aifeng Liu, Zhenyu Zhang & Dongmei Xu

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Soochow University, No.199 Ren-ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Zhiyuan Zhang, Chunming Sha, Aifeng Liu, Zhenyu Zhang & Dongmei Xu

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Zhang, Z., Sha, C., Liu, A. et al. Highly Selective Detection of Cr(VI) in Water Matrix by a Simple 1,8-Naphthalimide-Based Turn-On Fluorescent Sensor. J Fluoresc 25, 335–340 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-015-1514-4

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