Abstract
A glutathione stabilized Au nanoclusters (GSH-Au NCs) was synthesized here and used to selective detection of cobalt ion. The as-prepared GSH-Au NCs had strong green light emission around 500 nm, and the features of the NCs have been systematically characterized by UV–vis absorption, X-ray photoelectronic spectroscopic, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and transmission electron microscope characterization. The interactions between the GSH-Au NCs and metal ions was studied, and the results indicated that the fluorescence of the GSH-Au NCs could be quenched in the presence of Co2+ ion at pH of 6.0. The quenching ratio was linear with the concentration of Co2+ ions, and the calibration curve was I0/I = 0.1187cco + 0.6085 in the Co2+ concentration ranges from 2.0 to 50.0 μM with correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.9950 and the limit of detection (LOD, 3σ) of 0.124 μM. In addition, we collected environmental water samples to test the reliability of the method and demonstrated this method is simple, rapid, and selective.
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