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pH-Mediated Colorimetric and Luminescent Sensing of Aqueous Nitrate Anions by a Platinum(II) Luminophore@Mesoporous Silica Composite

Journal

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 13, Issue 14, Pages 16197-16209

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c20821

Keywords

environmental sensors; water security; selectivity; sensitivity; aqueous contaminant detection

Funding

  1. National Science Foundation [1152853]
  2. US EPA STAR [FP91765901]
  3. Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  4. United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management and performed, Deep Vadose Zone Technologies project at PNNL
  5. U.S. DOE [DE-AC05-76RL01830]
  6. Division Of Chemistry
  7. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1152853] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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A hybrid material-based sensor technology using platinum salt and mesoporous silica has been developed for rapid, selective, sensitive, and interference-free NO3- detection. The technology offers a low detection limit and high selectivity, making it suitable for practical NO3- detection in samples.
Increased levels of nitrate (NO3-) in the environment can be detrimental to human health. Herein, we report a robust, cost-effective, and scalable, hybrid material-based colorimetric/luminescent sensor technology for rapid, selective, sensitive, and interference-free in situ NO3- detection. These hybrid materials are based on a square-planar platinum(II) salt [Pt(tpy)Cl]PF6(tpy = 2,2';6',2 ''-terpyridine) supported on mesoporous silica. The platinum salt undergoes a vivid change in color and luminescence upon exposure to aqueous NO3- anions at pH <= 0 caused by substitution of the PF6- anions by aqueous NO3-. This change in photophysics of the platinum salt is induced by a rearrangement of its crystal lattice that leads to an extended Pt center dot center dot center dot Pt center dot center dot center dot Pt interaction, along with a concomitant change in its electronic structure. Furthermore, incorporating the material into mesoporous silica enhances the surface area and increases the detection sensitivity. A NO3- detection limit of 0.05 mM (3.1 ppm) is achieved, which is sufficiently lower than the ambient water quality limit of 0.16 mM (10 ppm) set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The colorimetric/luminescence of the hybrid material is highly selective to aqueous NO3- anions in the presence of other interfering anions, suggesting that this material is a promising candidate for the rapid NO3- detection and quantification in practical samples without separation, concentration, or other pretreatment steps.

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