Published November 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

A fluorometric method for mercury(II) detection based on the use of pyrophosphate-modified carbon quantum dots

  • 1. Taiyuan University of Technology, Micro-Nano System Research Centre & Key Lab of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of the Ministry of Education, College of Information and Computer (China)
  • 2. Sungkyunkwan University, Theranostic Macromolecules Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering (Korea, Republic of)

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Pyrophosphate-modified carbon quantum dots (PP-CDs) are demonstrated to be a viable fluorescent nanoprobe for mercury(II) (Hg2+) detection. Hg2+ reacts with the pyrophosphate groups on the surface of PP-CDs to form a non-fluorescent complex. This results in quenching of the green fluorescence which has excitation/emission peaks at 400/513 nm. Static quenching is shown to be the dominant mechanism. The probe works in 0.1 μM to 1.4 μM Hg2+ concentration range, and the limit of detection is 2 nM. The PP-CDs were also used to visualize Hg2+ inside human hepatocyte LO2 cells.

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Journal Title
Mikrochimica Acta
Journal Volume
186
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 1-7
ISSN
0026-3672
CODEN
MIACAQ

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