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The detection of uranium(VI) with a synthesized ditopic bidentate ligand as probe by resonance light scattering

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Abstract

In order to detect the uranium(VI) in environmental water sample by means of establishing a novel resonance light scattering (RLS) method, we synthesized and characterized a ditopic bidentate ligand and studied its chelation with the uranyl(VI) ion. The chelating reaction can form supramolecular dimers and polymers, producing a strong RLS signal, which is used for quantitative analysis of uranium(VI) in aqueous solution. The linear range was 0.01–1.0 nmol mL−1 and the detection limit was 0.003 nmol mL−1 under the optimal conditions. The method has been used for the detection of uranium(VI) in environmental water samples and the recoveries were 98.0–101.0%.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 11475079, 11275091 and 31200140], the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry [No. 2015jyb02], the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project [No. 2012BSD04] and the Scientific Research Innovation Project of Graduate Student, University of South China [No. 2016XCX09].

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    Li Xu, Xilin Xiao, Jiao Wang, Pengcheng Peng, Min Jiang & Lifu Liao

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Xu, L., Xiao, X., Wang, J. et al. The detection of uranium(VI) with a synthesized ditopic bidentate ligand as probe by resonance light scattering. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 312, 59–66 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5199-9

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