Abstract

There are strong forces between phenylenediamine (PPD) and nanogold particle (AuNP) that make the AuNPs aggregation and exhibit a strong resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) peak at 368 nm. When there is NO2-, it reacts with PPD to generate an azo compound. However, there is weak force between AuNP and the azo compound that can’t make the AuNPs aggregation. When concentration of NO2- increased, the AuNP aggregations become weak that led the RRS peak to decrease. The decreased RRS intensity is linear to NO2-concentration in the range of 1-25 μmol/L. This method was applied to analysis of water samples with simplicity.

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