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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 134, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2020.111119
Keywords
Carbon materials; Luminescence; Aniline; Chemo-sensor; Detection limit
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- Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) [4414]
- Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) [4926]
- Higher Education Ministry in Egypt
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An ultra-small nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots were used as a turn-off fluorescent chemo-sensor for ultrasensitive detection of aniline in aqueous medium, reaching an exceptional low detection limit. The proposed method provided a simple and interference-free approach for aniline detection.
Aniline has been classified as a probable human carcinogen which can cause severe respiratory tract irritation and congestion to humans. Here, we propose using ultra-small (1.8 nm) colloidal nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots (N-CDs), that is green synthesized at a low temperature of only 100 degrees C from ultrasonic-processed watersoluble folic acid, as a novel turn-off fluorescent chemo-sensor for ultrasensitive detection of aniline in aqueous medium. It was found that the Stern-Volmer relation describes very well the fluorescence quenching of N-CDs by aniline and confirms a static quenching mechanism between them. Compared to other techniques, our N-CDs based optical detection method, is the simplest and the most ultrasensitive method for aniline liquid detection, reaching an exceptional low detection limit of 3.57 nM (0.332 ppb). The proposed method was successfully applied for determination of aniline in a tap water sample without significant interferences from the matrix.
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