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An organoselenium-based highly sensitive and selective fluorescent "turn-on" probe for the Hg2+ ion
Abhishek Kumar1, Jai Deo Singh
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
Abstract:
An organoselenium-based NSe(3) type of tripodal system 2 as a Hg(2+)-selective fluorescence "turn-on" probe is described. The "turn-on" fluorescence behavior of this selenotripod 2 is significant because it depends on Hg-Se bond formation and acts as a reporting unit for this system. The system exhibits immediate response (15 s) with a subnanomolar detection limit (0.1 nM) for the Hg(2+) ion. It efficiently detects both aqueous and nonaqueous Hg(2+) at 2 nM concentration.
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