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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 246, Issue -, Pages 52-60Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.11.010
Keywords
Oligothiophene; Aromatic end-capper; Nitro-containing explosives; Fluorescence quenching
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [20927001, 20803046, 91027017, 21173142]
- 13115 Project of Shaanxi Province [2010-ZDKG-89]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT1070]
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Four novel terthiophene (3T) derivatives, have been synthesized by employing Grignard coupling reaction via end-capping of naphthyl (NA) or pyrenyl (Py) unit to the one or two ends of 3T. It has been shown that both increasing electron donating strength and extending conjugation are effective approaches to improve the photochemical stability of the oligothiophene. Fluorescence studies demonstrated that the emission of the 3T derivatives is sensitive to the presence of some important nitro-containing explosives in their ethanol solution, in particular, 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (PA) and 3,5-dinitro-2,6-bispicrylamino pyridine (PYX). As an example, the detection limits of4 to PA and PYX were determined to be 6.21 x 10(-7) mol/L and 8.95 x 10(-7) mol/L, respectively. Based on the discovery, a colorimetric detection method has been developed. The sensitive and selective response of the modified 3T to the explosives have been tentatively attributed to the adsorptive affinity of the compounds to the explosives, and to the higher probability of the electron transfer from the electron-rich 3T derivatives to the electron-poor nitro-containing explosives. No doubt, present study broadens the family of fluorophores which may be employed for the development of fluorescent sensors. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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