Issue 38, 2022

Carbon dot-functionalized macroporous adsorption resin for bifunctional ultra-sensitive detection and fast removal of iron(iii) ions

Abstract

Heavy metal pollution has spread around the world with the development of industry, posing a major threat to human health. It is urgent to design and fabricate bifunctional materials for detection and adsorption of heavy metal ions. Herein, poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) microspheres, a kind of common macroporous adsorption resin (MAR), were employed as the matrix, and carbon dots (CDs) with excellent optical properties were grafted onto the surface of MAR by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) and photo-initiated “thiol-yne” click chemistry. The synthesized MAR@poly(PA)@CD could produce fluorescence quenching with Fe3+. A simple fluorescence spectrometric method for detection of Fe3+ was established. The fluorescence intensity of MAR@poly(PA)@CD decreased linearly with the concentration of Fe3+ in the range of 0–70 nmol L−1, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 6.6 nmol L−1, which had the potential for trace detection. In addition, after SI-ATRP modification, many adsorption sites were generated on the surface of MAR, and the adsorption capacity for Fe3+ was 23.8 mg g−1. Isothermal and kinetic adsorption experiments were more consistent with the Langmuir model (r = 0.9992) and pseudo-second-order model (r = 0.9902), indicating that the adsorption was monolayer adsorption and chemical adsorption, respectively. MAR@poly(PA)@CD with dual functions of detecting and adsorbing Fe3+ was successfully prepared, showing great application prospects in the environmental field.

Graphical abstract: Carbon dot-functionalized macroporous adsorption resin for bifunctional ultra-sensitive detection and fast removal of iron(iii) ions

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Aga 2022
Accepted
06 Sep 2022
First published
15 Sep 2022

Anal. Methods, 2022,14, 3727-3738

Carbon dot-functionalized macroporous adsorption resin for bifunctional ultra-sensitive detection and fast removal of iron(III) ions

C. Huang, H. Wang, Y. Xu, S. Ma, B. Gong and J. Ou, Anal. Methods, 2022, 14, 3727 DOI: 10.1039/D2AY01366E

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