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Selective Determination of Trinitrotoluene Based on Energy Transfer between Carbon Dots and Gold Nanoparticles

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A fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) system between carbon dots (C-dots) and amine-capped gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was developed for the selective determination of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT). C-dots have an intrinsic florescence emission depending on their exciting wavelength. In the presence of AuNPs C-dots adsorb on the Au surfaces and NPs treat as energy acceptor which can receive light emitted by C-dots leading to decrease the fluorescence intensity of C-dots. Furthermore it is observed that nitroaromatic compounds especially TNT could restore this fluorescence due to selective interaction with AuNPs via amine groups and so releasing the C-dots. Based on this effect a sensitive and selective fluorescence turn-on probe was designed for the determination of TNT. Some important factors including AuNPs and C-dot concentrations and media pH which would affect the efficiency of the probe were optimized. Under the optimum experimental conditions good linear relationships in the range of 7–250 nmol L−1 TNT with the detection limit of 2.2 nmol L−1 were obtained. The proposed method was satisfactorily applied to the determination of TNT in the environmental water samples. Compared with previous reports the developed method has relatively high sensitivity short analysis time low cost and ease of operation.

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  1. North-West Institute of Science and Technology, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Urmia, 5713616864, Iran

    Yones Mosaei Oskoei, Hassan Fattahi & Javad Hassanzadeh

  2. Department of Chemistry, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Shahin Shahr, Iran

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Mosaei Oskoei, Y., Fattahi, H., Hassanzadeh, J. et al. Selective Determination of Trinitrotoluene Based on Energy Transfer between Carbon Dots and Gold Nanoparticles. ANAL. SCI. 32, 193–197 (2016). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.32.193

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