Journal
OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 35, Issue 12, Pages 2220-2225Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2013.06.006
Keywords
Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles; Fluorescent determination; Naphthalimide; Aggregation-induced sedimentation; Removal; Hg-2+
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21107029, 21175057, 21075052]
- National Major Projects on Water Pollution Control and Management Technology [2008ZX07422]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2010BL004]
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Mercury (Hg) commonly found in the global environment poses a serious threat to the environment and human health because of its durability, easy transference and high biological accumulation. So, great attention has been paid to the quantification and removal of mercury. Herein, we present the synthesis and properties of a novel naphthalimide-functionalized magnetic fluorescent nanoparticle for simultaneous determination and removal of Hg2+. The proposed nanoparticle showed a good linear relation (Y = -29.12216X + 363.2597, correlation coefficient of R-2 = 0.9952) between the fluorescence intensity at 540 nm and the concentration of Hg2+ varying from 0.1 mu mol/L to 4.5 mu mol/L. Additionally, our proposed nanoparticle exhibited excellent Hg2+-selectivity over other metal ions, which was ascribed to the formation of imide-Hg-imide complexes. The removal of Hg2+ from contaminated water samples was achieved by the aggregation-induced sedimentation (AIS) strategy. Moreover, the suspended magnetic nanoparticle could be removed by external magnetic field, and the secondary pollution was avoided. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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