Colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2-quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticles

Chloride and fluoride are very reactive water contaminants that have adverse effects on animal health as well as their psychochemical processes. The sensing of these two anions in an aqueous medium is important for clinical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, and various industrial applications. In...

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Main Authors: Sadhana Kundu, Pradip Kar
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Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
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description Chloride and fluoride are very reactive water contaminants that have adverse effects on animal health as well as their psychochemical processes. The sensing of these two anions in an aqueous medium is important for clinical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, and various industrial applications. In this report, the stable colloid of gold nanoparticles functionalized (AuNPs) with 2-quinonimine (2-QI) was successfully synthesized to be used in the colorimetric sensing application of chloride and fluoride ions in an aqueous medium. A decrease in intensity of the Surface Plasmon Absorption (SPR) band in UV–VIS spectra was observed for colloids of AuNPs functionalized with 2-QI upon a gradual increase in the concentration of chloride or fluoride ions with respect to the water dilution. Though the intensity of the SPR band was found to decrease in the pH range of 2–12, the best result was observed at pH 2. A linearity range was observed up to 0.04 mM concentration of both the analyte for 880 μM AuNPs with sensitivity of ∼18–20 mM−1 and a limit of detection of ∼8–8.5 μM. An immediate selective decolorization was observed by the naked eye for 0.5 mL of 160 μM AuNPs in a 0.5 mL aqueous chloride solution of 15 mM and fluoride solution of 17.5 mM. The responses were found to be selective over the other common cations, anions, or biomolecules tested. The proposed sensing mechanism was explained as the accumulation of AuNPs in micro-particles by destroying the stabilization of AuNPs through dipolar interaction with 2-QI.
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spelling doaj-art-0c4d7bc3f5f34abf8d6cf18a95052f0e2025-08-20T02:20:41ZengElsevierNext Nanotechnology2949-82952024-01-01610009010.1016/j.nxnano.2024.100090Colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2-quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticlesSadhana Kundu0Pradip Kar1Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand 835215, IndiaCorresponding author.; Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand 835215, IndiaChloride and fluoride are very reactive water contaminants that have adverse effects on animal health as well as their psychochemical processes. The sensing of these two anions in an aqueous medium is important for clinical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, and various industrial applications. In this report, the stable colloid of gold nanoparticles functionalized (AuNPs) with 2-quinonimine (2-QI) was successfully synthesized to be used in the colorimetric sensing application of chloride and fluoride ions in an aqueous medium. A decrease in intensity of the Surface Plasmon Absorption (SPR) band in UV–VIS spectra was observed for colloids of AuNPs functionalized with 2-QI upon a gradual increase in the concentration of chloride or fluoride ions with respect to the water dilution. Though the intensity of the SPR band was found to decrease in the pH range of 2–12, the best result was observed at pH 2. A linearity range was observed up to 0.04 mM concentration of both the analyte for 880 μM AuNPs with sensitivity of ∼18–20 mM−1 and a limit of detection of ∼8–8.5 μM. An immediate selective decolorization was observed by the naked eye for 0.5 mL of 160 μM AuNPs in a 0.5 mL aqueous chloride solution of 15 mM and fluoride solution of 17.5 mM. The responses were found to be selective over the other common cations, anions, or biomolecules tested. The proposed sensing mechanism was explained as the accumulation of AuNPs in micro-particles by destroying the stabilization of AuNPs through dipolar interaction with 2-QI.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949829524000512Gold nanoparticles2-quinonimineFunctional nanomaterialsChloride sensorFluoride sensorColorimetric sensor
spellingShingle Sadhana Kundu
Pradip Kar
Colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2-quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticles
Next Nanotechnology
Gold nanoparticles
2-quinonimine
Functional nanomaterials
Chloride sensor
Fluoride sensor
Colorimetric sensor
title Colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2-quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticles
title_full Colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2-quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticles
title_fullStr Colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2-quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticles
title_full_unstemmed Colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2-quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticles
title_short Colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2-quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticles
title_sort colorimetric sensing of chloride and fluoride by 2 quinonimine functionalized gold nanoparticles
topic Gold nanoparticles
2-quinonimine
Functional nanomaterials
Chloride sensor
Fluoride sensor
Colorimetric sensor
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949829524000512
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