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Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Hg2+ at Wide pH Range Using Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles as Probe

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Herein, we report a green preparative strategy for the synthesis of crystalline silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) using Ficus amplissima leaf extract (FA-LE) in aqueous medium under ambient sunlight irradiation. The prepared FA-LE capped Ag NPs are characterized using absorption spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, zeta potential measurements and simultaneous thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG–DTA). The FA-LE capped Ag NPs have been successfully utilized for selective and sensitive detection of toxic Hg2+ ions by naked eye with a limit of detection of 1.30 × 10−7 mol dm−3. FA-LE capped Ag NPs are tested for detection of Hg2+ in different real water samples with satisfying recoveries over 98–101%. More importantly, green synthesized FA-LE capped Ag NPs based colorimetric sensor detected Hg2+ ions in water at wide pH range (3.2–8.5).

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P.M. gratefully acknowledges University Grants Commission for Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC-RGNF-F1-17.1/2011-12/RGNF-SC-TAM-4355) and M.I. acknowledge Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB Project No. SB/EMEQ-062/2013). We are grateful to Dr. T. Parimelazhagan and Dr. K. Arunachalam, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore for his immense support during the course of the research work.

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Manivel, P., Ilanchelian, M. Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Hg2+ at Wide pH Range Using Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles as Probe. J Clust Sci 28, 1145–1162 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-016-1109-5

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