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Fluorescent Sensor for Cr(VI) Based in Functionalized Silicon Quantum Dots With Dendrimers

Fluorescent Sensor for Cr(VI) Based in Functionalized Silicon Quantum Dots With Dendrimers

B B Campos, M Algarra, B Alonso, C M Casado, J Jiménez-Jiménez, E Rodríguez-Castellón, J C G Esteves da Silva

Talanta. 2015 Nov 1;144:862-7.

PMID: 26452901

Abstract:

Highly luminescent nanoparticles based in Silicon quantum dots, coated by hydroxyl PAMAM dendrimer (PAMAM-OH) of 5th generation, were obtained by one step process by hydrothermal treatment of 3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) in aqueous solution. Previous to the optimization of the synthesis procedure, different dendritic molecules of 5th generation were tested to obtain the most intense fluorescence signal. The influence of different parameters such ratio APTES/PAMAM-OH, pH and ionic strength on the fluorescence intensity was studied. The fluorescence spectra showed maximum excitation and emission wavelengths at 370 and 446 nm, respectively. The obtained silicon nanoparticles (SiQDs@PAMAM-OH) were characterized by TEM, DLS and XPS, and were found to detect selectively Cr(VI) in aqueous solutions at 2.7 μM level of detection, sensitivity of 0.2 μM with a RSD of 0.16% (n=10). To study the feasibility of the proposed system for Cr(VI) detection, it was tested in real electrochemical solution bath and a tanning effluent obtained from electrochemical industry and with two certified waters, demonstrating promising outcomes as nano-sensor.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS76297	PAMAM-OH dendrimer, generation 3 solution			Price

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