Abstract
The article describes a highly sensitive and fairly simple chemiluminescence (CL) assay for mercury(II) ions. The CL system consists of an alkaline solution of rhodamine B (RhoB) and KMnO4 whose weak emission undergoes a large enhancement in presence of gold nanoparticles and, in particular, of anisotropic gold nanoprisms (Au-NPr). CL intensity is, however, decreased in the presence of Hg(II) by suppressing the interaction between RhoB and Au-NPr. Based on this finding, a method was developed for the determination of Hg(II). Under optimum conditions, Hg(II) can be quantified in the 67 pM to 33.3 nM concentration range, and the detection limit (at 3 σ) is 27 pM. In comparison to other nanoparticle based methods, the one described here has a strongly improved LOD as shown in the successful analysis of environmental water samples.
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