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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-013-1125-1
Copy DOIJournal: Microchimica Acta | Publication Date: Nov 14, 2013 |
Citations: 37 |
We report on the synthesis of water-soluble luminescent colloidal CdTe nanocrystals capped with various stabilizers (mercaptopropanol, thioglycolic acid, mercaptosuccinic acid, mercaptopropionic acid, L-cysteine, reduced L-glutathione, mercaptoethanol and dimethylaminoethanethiol), and their use as fluorescent probes for chromium(VI) ions. The results show that Cr(VI) ions can be ultrasensitively detected with CdTe NCs capped with dimethylaminoethanethiol (DMAET), with high selectivity over Cr(III) and other ions. Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy was applied to quantify trace levels of Cr(VI) ions with this probe in the 3.0 nM to 0.2 μM concentration range, with a detection limit as low as 0.57 nM. The interaction between the nanocrystals and Cr(VI) ions was investigated in a study on the zeta potentials, UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy. Electron transfer process occurred and the decay times of the probe remain constant (about 14 ns). This simple and ultrasensitive analytical method was successfully applied to the direct determination of Cr(VI) in spiked samples of environmental waters.
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