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Fluorometric determination of hydrogen sulfide via silver-doped CdS quantum dots in solution and in a test strip

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Silver-doped CdS quantum dots capped with mercaptoacetic acid (CdSAg-MAA QDs) were prepared and are shown to be a quenchable fluorescent probe for hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The optimized approach exhibits a linear response in the 0.01 to 500 μM H2S concentration range and a 3.0 nM detection limit (RSD = 0.54 % for n = 5 at 10 nM of H2S). The estimated endogenous H2S levels in local wastewater were 45.4 μM and 48.7 μM and the assays were not responsive to various ions often present in water and wastewater. The method gave recoveries ranging from 98 to 102 % for the analysis of acidified wastewater spiked with H2S. Consequently, a simple colorimetric test strip was prepared by impregnating the filter paper with a mixture of CdSAg-MAA QDs and chitosan. The test strip exhibited good selectivity and sensitivity for the quantitation of H2S in local wastewater samples.

A simple, sensitive and selective silver-doped CdS quantum dot fluorescent probe for H2S in real sample is presented. To evaluate their practical applicability, test stripes for H2S were prepared and exhibited good selectivity for H2S.

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This work was carried out in part with funding from Thailand Research Fund (TRF) and Rajamangala University of Technology Isan (RMUTI) through the TRF under Grant No. TRG5780076.

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  1. Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences and Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, 744, Suranarai Rd., Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand

    Nutthaya Butwong

  2. Materials Chemistry Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

    Supalax Srijaranai

  3. Innovative Chromatography Group, Irish Separation Science Cluster (ISSC), Department of Chemistry and the Analytical & Biological Chemistry Research Facility (ABCRF), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    John H. T. Luong

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Butwong, N., Srijaranai, S. & Luong, J.H.T. Fluorometric determination of hydrogen sulfide via silver-doped CdS quantum dots in solution and in a test strip. Microchim Acta 183, 1243–1249 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-016-1755-1

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