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Zhang L, Huang D, Zhao P, Yue G, Yang L, Dan W. Colorimetric detection for uranyl ions in water using vinylphosphonic acid functionalized gold nanoparticles based on smartphone. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 269:120748. [PMID: 34952439 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
A simple and portable colorimetric sensor for colorimetric detection of UO22+ in aqueous solution based on vinylphosphonic acid functionalized gold nanoparticles (VPA-AuNPs) has been developed. The VPA-AuNPs solution was prepared by sodium borohydride reduction in the presence of vinylphosphonic acid. The addition of UO22+ would induce aggregation of VPA-AuNPs, resulting in the color change from wine-red to blue, and red-shift of the ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectra. The UO22+ assay based on VPA-AuNPs showed good selectivity and sensitivity, with a limit of detection to be approximately 2.0 μM by naked eyes and 1.07 μM by UV-vis (S/N = 3) respectively. Additionally, a smartphone with a free application named "PhotoMetrix" was employed to estimate the color intensities (red, green, blue value) of VPA-AuNPs in the presence of UO22+ with different concentrations, and the concentration of UO22+ samples could be conveniently exported by the calculated univariate calibration curves. This method shows good feasibility for on-site UO22+ detection in an aqueous solution.
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- Linshan Zhang
- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 9, Huafengxincun, Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province 621908, PR China; The Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 9, Huafengxincun, Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province 621908, PR China.
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 9, Huafengxincun, Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province 621908, PR China
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 9, Huafengxincun, Jiangyou City, Sichuan Province 621908, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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Zheng ZJ, Zhang L, Wang LZ, Zhong ZQ, Xiong YT, Guo J, Zhang ZB, Cao XH, Xiao SJ. Ultrasensitive detection of UO 2 2+ based on dopamine-functionalized MoO x quantum dots. LUMINESCENCE 2021; 37:127-133. [PMID: 34730276 DOI: 10.1002/bio.4153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Uranium is an important nuclear fuel and the risk of human exposure to uranium increases as increasing amounts of uranium-containing waste enter the environment due to the rapid growth of nuclear power. Therefore, rapid, sensitive, and portable uranium detection is a promising approach to effectively control and monitor uranium contamination. To achieve this goal, abundant oxygen- and nitrogen-containing groups were introduced to molybdenum oxide quantum dot (MoOx QDs) surfaces with dopamine (DA) modification. Due to the excellent coordination ability of oxygen- and nitrogen-containing groups with uranium, the obtained DA-functionalized MoOx QDs (DA-MoOx QDs) showed a strong binding affinity for uranium and sensitivity was increased nearly 1000-fold compared with MoOx QDs alone. The limit of detection was 3.85 nM, which is higher than most of the reported nanomaterials. Moreover, the DA-MoOx QD-based method showed high selectivity and uranium could be clearly detected under masking with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid even when the concentration of other metal ions was 100-fold higher than that of uranium, showing a very promising method for uranium contamination control and monitoring.
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- Zhi Jian Zheng
- Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory, East China University of Technology (ECUT), Nanchang, China.,School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, ECUT, Nanchang, China
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- College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, China
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- Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory, East China University of Technology (ECUT), Nanchang, China.,School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, ECUT, Nanchang, China
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- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, ECUT, Nanchang, China
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- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, ECUT, Nanchang, China
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- School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, ECUT, Nanchang, China
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- Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory, East China University of Technology (ECUT), Nanchang, China.,School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, ECUT, Nanchang, China
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- Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory, East China University of Technology (ECUT), Nanchang, China.,School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, ECUT, Nanchang, China
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- Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory, East China University of Technology (ECUT), Nanchang, China.,School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, ECUT, Nanchang, China
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Zhang H, Liu Z, Xin F, Zhao Y. Metal-ligated pillararene materials: From chemosensors to multidimensional self-assembled architectures. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chen Q, Wang C, Wang S, Zhou J, Wu Z. A responsive photonic crystal film sensor for the ultrasensitive detection of uranyl ions. Analyst 2020; 145:5624-5630. [PMID: 32638707 DOI: 10.1039/d0an00443j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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As an effective nuclear energy resource, uranium plays an important role in industry and energy but the wastes of uranium also cause radioactive contamination, which is harmful to the environment and the human body. Herein, a responsive photonic crystal (PC) film sensor for the ultrasensitive and label-free detection of uranyl ions (UO22+) has been proposed, which is easy to construct and does not need to be combined with a hydrogel. The PC film is not pH-sensitive because it is obtained by the self-assembly of methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile co-polymeric nanospheres (PMMA-AN). These nanospheres were modified with amidoxime groups, which have a good coordination ability with UO22+. The bindings between nanospheres and UO22+ change the refractive index and disturb the face-centered cubic structure of the film, which leads to a decrease in the diffraction peak intensity of the PC film. The sensor works in the concentration range of 10 pM to 100 μM for UO22+ determination and the decreased intensities of the diffraction peaks are linearly correlated with the logarithm of UO22+ concentration in the range from 1 nM to 100 μM. Moreover, the sensor shows good selectivity for UO22+ and can also perform the determination of UO22+ in a real sample. The responsive PC film sensor shows great potential in the label-free and ultrasensitive detection of UO22+.
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- Qianshan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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