Issue 21, 2013
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Analyst

Phosphorescent sensing of Cr3+ with protein-functionalized Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots†

Ting Zhao,a   Xiandeng Hou,ab   Ya-Ni Xie,b   Lan Wu*b  and  Peng Wu*b  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

b Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
E-mail: wupeng@scu.edu.cn, wulan@scu.edu.cn

Abstract

It was found that the phosphorescence from denatured bovine serum albumin (dBSA)-capped Mn-doped ZnS QDs could be selectively quenched by Cr3+, and a phosphorescent probe for Cr3+ was thus developed. Based on phosphorescence decay as well as calculations of the relative energies of QDs and Cr3+, the mechanism for phosphorescent quenching was preliminarily ascribed to electron transfer from photo-excited Mn-doped ZnS QDs to Cr3+. Under the optimal conditions, good linear Stern–Volmer quenching was obtained for Cr3+ in the range of 10 to 300 nM. The limit of detection of this phosphorescence probe (3 nM) was 1 to 2 orders of magnitude lower than those of previously reported nanosensors, owing to the effective elimination of background fluorescence and scattering from the sample matrix. The analytical potential of the proposed probe was evaluated through determination of Cr3+ in water samples, with spike–recoveries ranging from 95 to 106%.

Graphical abstract: Phosphorescent sensing of Cr3+ with protein-functionalized Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3AN01213A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jun 2013
Accepted
06 Aug 2013
First published
07 Aug 2013

Analyst, 2013,138, 6589-6594

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Phosphorescent sensing of Cr3+ with protein-functionalized Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots

T. Zhao, X. Hou, Y. Xie, L. Wu and P. Wu, Analyst, 2013, 138, 6589 DOI: 10.1039/C3AN01213A

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