TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a mercury ion-selective optical sensor based on fluorescence quenching of 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin
AU - Chan, Wing Hong
AU - Yang, Rong Hua
AU - Wang, Ke Min
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in this paper was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China (Project no. HKBU 2054/98p).
PY - 2001/10/18
Y1 - 2001/10/18
N2 - A selective optical chemical sensor for mercury ion based on a lipophilized sensing material (5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin, H2tpp) dissolved in a plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane has been developed. H2tpp immobilized in the PVC membrane acts not only as a selective host molecule for Hg2+, but also as a fluorescing transducer. The sensing mechanism involves the extraction of Hg2+ from aqueous sample solution to organic membrane phase and the formation of a metalloporphyrin complex between H2tpp and Hg2+, which results in the fluorescence quenching of H2tpp. The optode membrane containing H2tpp reversibly responds to Hg2+ and shows extremely high selectivity to Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, Fe3+, Ag+ and Pb2+. The detection limit for Hg2+ is 4.0×10-8 mol/l at pH 8.0. The response characteristics of the sensor including dynamic range, reversibility, reproducibility, response time and lifetime are discussed in detail. This sensor has been used for the determination of mercury ion in water samples containing potential interferents with satisfactory recovery.
AB - A selective optical chemical sensor for mercury ion based on a lipophilized sensing material (5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin, H2tpp) dissolved in a plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane has been developed. H2tpp immobilized in the PVC membrane acts not only as a selective host molecule for Hg2+, but also as a fluorescing transducer. The sensing mechanism involves the extraction of Hg2+ from aqueous sample solution to organic membrane phase and the formation of a metalloporphyrin complex between H2tpp and Hg2+, which results in the fluorescence quenching of H2tpp. The optode membrane containing H2tpp reversibly responds to Hg2+ and shows extremely high selectivity to Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, Fe3+, Ag+ and Pb2+. The detection limit for Hg2+ is 4.0×10-8 mol/l at pH 8.0. The response characteristics of the sensor including dynamic range, reversibility, reproducibility, response time and lifetime are discussed in detail. This sensor has been used for the determination of mercury ion in water samples containing potential interferents with satisfactory recovery.
KW - Fluorescence quenching
KW - H2tpp
KW - Hg
KW - Optical sensor
KW - PVC membrane
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-2670(01)01106-0
DO - 10.1016/S0003-2670(01)01106-0
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0035909447
SN - 0003-2670
VL - 444
SP - 261
EP - 269
JO - Analytica Chimica Acta
JF - Analytica Chimica Acta
IS - 2
ER -