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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Industrialization and agriculture increase heavy metal contamination, posing environmental risks.
  • Developing sensitive and selective detection methods for heavy metals like Zn(II) and Cd(II) is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and synthesize novel mixed-ligand fluorescent probes for detecting Zn(II) and Cd(II).
  • To establish a turn-on fluorescence sensing system based on multicomponent assembly.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of mixed-ligand probes incorporating tetraphenylethylene (TPE) and binaphthyl units.
  • Investigation of probe response to 17 different metal ions using fluorescence spectroscopy.
  • Fluorescence titration experiments to determine limits of detection (LODs).

Main Results:

  • The mixed ligands (L2 and L3) selectively induced significant fluorescence enhancement only for Zn(II) and Cd(II).
  • Heteroleptic assemblies S2 and S4 showed a 100-fold increase in fluorescence efficiency compared to the free ligand.
  • Achieved low LODs for Zn(II) (1.7 × 10⁻⁷ M) and Cd(II) (1.8 × 10⁻⁷ M), outperforming other ligand combinations.

Conclusions:

  • Mixed ligands L2 and L3 form effective turn-on fluorescent probes for Zn(II) and Cd(II).
  • The developed system offers a fast, sensitive, and selective method for heavy metal detection.