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An optical fiber nanoprobe is presented for fluorometric determination of copper(II). The method based on the use of water-dispersible AgInZnS quantum dots (QDs) deposited at the end of an optical fiber in a poly(vinyl alcohol) matrix. The fluorescnece of the QDs, best measured at excitation/emisssion wavelengths of 365/570 nm, is quenched by Cu(II) due to both static and electron transfer from the QDs to Cu(II). This is experimentally confirmed by photoluminescence and UV-vis absorption spectra, and measurement of luminescence lifetimes. The probe is highly selective and possesses a linear detection range that extends from 2.5 to 800 nM.
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This work was supported by Science Foundation of China (61635004, 61705023, 61705024, 11574161, 61405023), Key Research and Development Project of Ministry of Science and Technology (2016YFC0801200), the national natural science foundation (61575190), Chongqing Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (CQBX201703), Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Chongqing (Xm2017047), Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (cstc2018jcyjAX0644), Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory (6142A0403050817), and National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (61825501).
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Liu, Y., Tang, X., Huang, W. et al. A fluorometric optical fiber nanoprobe for copper(II) by using AgInZnS quantum dots. Microchim Acta 187, 146 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-020-4110-5
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