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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 75, Issue 24, Pages 6807-6812Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac0345401
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We report real-time, in situ determination of free copper ion at picomolar levels in seawater using a fluorescence-based fiber optic biosensor. The sensor transducer is a protein molecule, site-specifically labeled with a fluorophore that is attached to the distal. end of an optical fiber, which binds free Cu(II) with high affinity and selectivity. The transducer reports the metal's concentration as a change in fluorescence intensity or lifetime, using a frequency domain approach. The transducer's response time is diffusion-limited, with a typical measurement requiring 30 s. The sensor demonstrates a detection limit of 0.1 pM free Cu(II) in a seawater model. Accuracy and precision of the sensor were at least comparable to cathodic ligand exchange/adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry. Measurements of tidal flushing of a copper-contaminated inlet are shown.
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