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In this study, a very sensitive and highly selective irreversible optical chemical sensor (optode) for mercury ions was described. The sensing scheme was based on the interaction of Hg (II) with a newly synthesized fluoroionophore; chloro phenyl imino propenyl aniline (CPIPA) in plasticized PVC membrane. The sensor membranes were tested for the determination of mercury ion in aqueous solutions by batch and flow-through methods. The optodes allow determination of Hg (II) in the working range of 1.0 × 10−9–1.0 × 10−5 M with a detection limit of 4.3 ppb. The sensor exhibited excellent selectivity for Hg (II) with respect to several common alkali, alkaline earth and transition metal ions. The association constant of the 1:1 complex formation for Hg (II) was found to be Ka = 1.86 × 105 M−1. The CPIPA exhibited high fluorescence quantum yield, long excitation and emission wavelength and high Stokes’ shift values in the solid matrix which makes it compatible with solid state optics.
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The work was done in the laboratories of Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science and supported by the project of 2007 KB Fen 024. We also thank to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
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Ertekin, K., Oter, O., Ture, M. et al. A Long Wavelength Excitable Fluorophore; Chloro Phenyl Imino Propenyl Aniline (CPIPA) for Selective Sensing of Hg (II). J Fluoresc 20, 533–540 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-009-0577-5
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