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Turn-On and Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sensing for 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Based on Hybrid (Gold Nanorod)−(Quantum Dots) Assembly
Abstract
In this study, we design a FRET system consisting of gold nanorod (AuNR) and quantum dots (QDs) for turn-on fluorescent sensing of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) in near-infrared region. The amine-terminated AuNR and carboxyl-terminated QDs first form a compact hybrid assembly through amine-carboxyl attractive interaction, which leads to a high-efficiency (>92%) FRET from QDs to AuNRs and an almost complete emission quenching. Next, added TNT molecules break the preformed assembly because they can replace the QDs around AuNRs, based on the specific reaction of forming Meisenheimer complexes between TNT and primary amines. Thus, the FRET is switched off, and a more than 10 times fluorescent enhancement is obtained. The fluorescence turn-on is immediate, and the limit of detection for TNT is as low as 0.1 nM. Importantly, TNT can be well distinguished from its analogues due to their electron deficiency difference. The developed method is successfully applied to TNT sensing in real environmental samples.
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- Authors
- Xia, Y., Song, L., & Zhu, C.
- Venue
- Analytical Chemistry
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2011-01-24
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1401-1407
- ISSN
- 0003-2700 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-6882
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- W1990393197
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- 10.47
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- journal article
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- en
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