Design of a fluorescent method by using ZnS QDs-gelatin nanocomposite for sensing toxic 2-mercaptobenzothiazole in water samples

Abstract

In this study, the residue of toxic 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, a semi-volatile heteroaromatic, was extracted from wastewater using a new spectrofluorometric method. The method is based on measuring 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole the quenching effect on the fluorescence intensity of ZnS quantum dot–gelatin nanocomposite in (pH 4, λex 310 and λem 345 nm, in time 60 s). Different factors affecting the reaction were studied and optimized. The calibration plot is linear in the concentration range of (0.05–10.0 µgL−1). The relative standard deviations and the detection limit of the method were ±1.0% and 0.05 μgL−1, respectively. Observed, outcomes confirmed the suitability recovery and a meager detection limit for analyzing toxic 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole in water samples. The preliminary results from this study demonstrate that this new method can be used to analyze 2-mercaptobenzothiazole in wastewater.