Issue 17, 2008
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Nanocomposite membranes as highly selective and sensitive mercury(ii) detectors

César Díez-Gil,ab   Rosario Martínez,c   Imma Ratera,ab   Alberto Tárraga,c   Pedro Molina*c  and  Jaume Veciana*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC)-CIBER-BBN, Campus Universitari, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
E-mail: vecianaj@icmab.es
Fax: +34 93 5805729
Tel: +34 93 580 1853

b Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain

c Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain

Abstract

A new solid-state membrane filter was prepared by filtering nanoparticles of a fluorophoric mercury(II) detecting molecule dispersed in water through a nanopore size cellulose membrane. By this method, nanoparticles are uniformly coated onto the membrane fibres to form a nanocomposite membrane for selective detection of mercury(II) ions in water allowing trace analysis—down to the ppb level—of this highly toxic metal.

Graphical abstract: Nanocomposite membranes as highly selective and sensitive mercury(ii) detectors

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B800708J
Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jan 2008
Accepted
26 Feb 2008
First published
13 Mar 2008

J. Mater. Chem., 2008,18, 1997-2002

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Nanocomposite membranes as highly selective and sensitive mercury(II) detectors

C. Díez-Gil, R. Martínez, I. Ratera, A. Tárraga, P. Molina and J. Veciana, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 1997 DOI: 10.1039/B800708J

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