Abstract
A fluorescence and absorption chemosensor (SAAT) based on 5-(hydroxymethyl)-salicylaldehyde (SA) and o-aminothiophenol (AT) was designed and synthesized. SAAT in DMSO-HEPES (20.0 mM, v/v, 1:99, pH = 7.0) solution shows a highly selective and sensitive absorption and an 'on-off' fluorescence response to Cu2+ ions in aqueous solutions over all other competitive metal ions including Na+ , Ag+ , Ba2+ , Ca2+ , Cd2+ , Mg2+ , Zn2+ , Cr3+ , Al3+ , Hg2+ , K+ , Mn2+ , Ni2+ , Sr2+ , Tb3+ and Co2+ . SAAT exhibits ratiometric absorption sensing ability for Cu2+ ions. Importantly, SAAT also can sense Cu2+ ions using fluorescence quenching, the fluorescence intensity of SAAT showed a good linear relationship with Cu2+ concentration, and the detection limit of Cu2+ was 0.34 ÎźM. The results of Job's plot, Benesi-Hildebrand plot, mass spectra, and density functional theory calculations confirmed that the selective absorption and fluorescence response were attributed to the formation of a 1:1 complex between SAAT and Cu2+ . SAAT in test film could identify Cu2+ in water samples using the intuitive fluorescence colour change under a UV lamp. SAAT has great application value as a selective and sensitive chemosensor to discriminate and detect Cu2+ ions.
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