Nano-C60 as a novel, effective fluorescent sensing platform for mercury(II) ion detection at critical sensitivity and selectivity

Hailong Li; Junfeng Zhai; Xuping Sun

doi:10.1039/C1NR10052A

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Nano-C₆₀ as a novel, effective fluorescent sensing platform for mercury(ii) ion detection at critical sensitivity and selectivity†

Hailong Li,^ab Junfeng Zhai^a and Xuping Sun*^a

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^a State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China
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^b Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Abstract

The present communication demonstrates the use of water-soluble nano-C₆₀ as a novel, effective fluorescent sensing platform for Hg²⁺ detection for the first time. This sensing system achieves a detection limit as low as 500 pM and exhibits excellent selectivity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1NR10052A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 15 Jan 2011
Accepted: 03 Mar 2011
First published: 04 Apr 2011

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Nanoscale, 2011,3, 2155-2157

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Nano-C₆₀ as a novel, effective fluorescent sensing platform for mercury(II) ion detection at critical sensitivity and selectivity

H. Li, J. Zhai and X. Sun, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 2155 DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10052A

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