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Designed Synthesis of Fluorescence ‘Turn-on’ Dual Sensor for Selective Detection of Al3+ and Zn2+ in Water

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1-(Pyridin-2-yl-hydrazonomethyl)-naphthalen-2-ol (PNOH) is a naphthalene-based fluorescence dual chemo-sensor for Al3+ and Zn2+. The probe (PNOH) is spectroscopically characterised and the chemo-sensing mechanism has been demonstrated through 1H NMR, absorption and both steady state and time resolved fluorescence study. The ‘turn-on’ luminescence property of PNOH is used for the selective detection of trace amount of Al3+and Zn2+via chelation enhanced fluorescence (CHEF) through complex formation. The 1:1 stoichiometry of each sensor-metal complex is observed from Job’s plot based on UV-Vis titration. Most promising advantage of the probe (PNOH) is its application in the one-pot detection of Al3+ (λem- 460 nm) and Zn2+ (λem- 510 nm) exciting at same wavelength (λex- 420 nm) while high intense emission appears at two different wavelengths. Limit of detection (LOD) of PNOH towards Al3+ & Zn2+ are found to be 60 nM & 365 nM respectively. Real water sample analysis has also been demonstrated by using the probe PNOH.

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N. Mudi (Award No.: 09/599(0075)/2018-EMR-I), S. S. Samanta (Award No.: 09/599(0084)/2019-EMR-I), P. Hazra (Ref. No.: 204/(CSIR-UGC NET JUNE 2017)) and P. K. Giri (Ref. No.: 228/(CSIR-UGC NET DEC 2017)) thank CSIR and UGC, New Delhi, India for their individual fellowship. Departmental instrumental facilities from DST FIST and UGC SAP programs are gratefully acknowledged. We also acknowledge the help render by USIC, Vidyasagar University for doing both steady state and time resolved fluorescence study.

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    Naren Mudi, Paresh Hazra, Milan Shyamal, Samir Maity, Prabhat Kumar Giri, Shashanka Shekhar Samanta, Debkumar Mandal & Ajay Misra

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Mudi, N., Hazra, P., Shyamal, M. et al. Designed Synthesis of Fluorescence ‘Turn-on’ Dual Sensor for Selective Detection of Al3+ and Zn2+ in Water. J Fluoresc 31, 315–325 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-020-02664-2

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