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Fluorescence quenching of CdSe quantum dots by nitroaromatic explosives and their relative compounds
Guo Hua Shi1, Zhuo Bin Shang, Yu Wang
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
Abstract:
CdSe quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized in oleic acid and octadecene medium under high-temperature and dispersed in chloroform. Nitroaromatic explosives and their relative compounds, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT), nitrobenzene (NB), 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNBCl) and p-nitrotoluene (NT) can obviously cause the fluorescence quenching of the synthesized QDs. Under the optimum conditions, a nonlinear response was observed over the concentration range of 10(-8) to 10(-5) M for them all. The modified Stern-Volmer quenching equations of ln I(0)/I versus C show a good linear relation in 10(-5) M order of magnitude, and the detection limits approach 10(-6) to 10(-7) M.
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