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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 32, Pages 16597-16606Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra47868h
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20905031]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province [201215024]
- Innovation Projects of Science Frontiers and Interdisciplinary of Jilin University
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This paper describes a novel eco-friendly fluorescence sensor for determination of bisphenol A (BPA) based on chitosan-capped ZnS quantum dots (QDs). By using safe and inexpensive materials, nontoxic ZnS QDs were synthesized via an environment-friendly method using chitosan as a capping agent. The as-prepared ZnS QDs exhibited characteristic absorption (absorbance edge at 310 nm) and emission (maxima at 430 nm) spectra with a relatively high fluorescence quantum yield of 11.8%. Quantitative detection of BPA was developed based on fluorescence quenching of chitosan-capped ZnS QDs with high sensitivity and selectivity. Under optimal conditions, the fluorescence response of ZnS QDs was linearly proportional to BPA concentration over a wide range from 0.50 to 300 mu g L-1 with a detection limit of 0.08 mu g L-1. Most of the potentially coexisting substances did not interfere with the BPA-induced quenching effect. The proposed analytical method for BPA was successfully applied to water and plastic real samples. The possible quenching mechanism is also discussed.
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