Abstract
Quinacridone, a red pigment, was hybridized with a synthetic hectorite by a mechanochemical reaction. Though quinacridone was not photoluminescent, the products were photoluminescent and the photoluminescence quantum yield was 0.89 when the dye loading was 0.00009 g dye/g clay. The product was dispersed in water to give stable suspensions with varied viscosities depending on the concentration of the hybrids. The photoluminescence of the aqueous suspension was quenched by Cr3+, Co2+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Ni2+ and Pb2+ as described by linear Stern-Volmer plots at the concentration of 1–600 ppm. Among the tested metal ions, Cr3+ gave the most efficient quenching (the KSV value of 0.0125). The quenching of the photoluminescence of the quinacridone-synthetic hectorite hybrid was applicable to detect Cu2+ and Cr3+ at ppb level.
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