An Ethyl-Thioglycolate-Functionalized Fe3O4@ZnS Magnetic Fluorescent Nanoprobe for the Detection of Ag+ and Its Applications in Real Water Solutions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Materials and Reagents
2.2. Physical Characterizations
2.3. Synthesis of Fe3O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles
2.4. Synthesis of Fe3O4@ZnS Magnetic Nanoparticles
2.5. Synthesis of Fe3O4@ZnS@Ethyl Thioglycolate Magnetic Nanoparticles
2.6. Determination of Ag+ by Magnetic Fluorescence Nanoprobe Fe3O4@ZnS-SH
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. SEM and TEM Analysis
3.2. Characterization of Fe3O4@ZnS@Ethyl Thioglycolate Magnetic Nanoparticles
3.3. Performance Analysis of Magnetic Fluorescence Nanoprobe Fe3O4@ZnS-SH
3.4. Removal of Ag+
3.5. Detection of Ag+ in Real Samples
3.6. Detection Mechanism
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Type of Sensor | Detection Range | Detection Limit | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
N-doped Ti3C2 quantum | 0.5–150 μM | 0.1 μM | [3] |
NPCl-doped carbon quantum dots | 15.89–27.66 μM | 26.38 μM | [5] |
Nitrogen0doped carbon dots | 0–40 μM | 0.11 μM | [12] |
Dual-element-doped carbon quantum dots | 0.1–700 μM | 0.03 μM | [31] |
Acetaldehyde-modified g-C3N4 nanosheets | 0–30 μM | 1.0 μM | [46] |
Fe3O4@ZnS-SH | 0–400 μM | 0.20 μM | This work |
Adsorbents | Maximum Adsorption Capacities (mg/g) | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Fe3O4/polypyrrole nanocomposite | 143.3 | [48] |
Activated carbon/γ-Fe2O3- 4,4′-bis-(3-phenylthiourea)diphenyl methane | 32.6 | [49] |
Fe3O4@SiO2@Tio2- Ion imprinting polymers | 35.48 | [50] |
Fe3O4@SiO2-HO-S | 166.32 | [51] |
Fe3O4-sulfur-functionalized polyamidoamine | 139.32 | [52] |
Fe3O4@microbial extracellular polymeric substance | 47.6 | [53] |
Fe3O4@ZnS-SH | 107.022 | This work |
Sample | Added (μM) | Measured (μM) | Recovery (%) | RSD (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tap water | 1 5.0 10.0 | 0.98 5.29 10.30 | 98.00 105.80 103.00 | 2.3 3.1 2.9 |
Mineral water | 1 5.0 10.0 | 1.02 4.96 10.75 | 102.00 99.20 107.50 | 3.2 2.7 2.5 |
Electrolysis wastewater | 1 5.0 10.0 | 0.87 4.43 8.75 | 87.00 88.60 87.50 | 4.5 3.9 4.0 |
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Chen, X.; Chen, J.; Ma, M.; Yu, S.; Liu, Z.; Zeng, X. An Ethyl-Thioglycolate-Functionalized Fe3O4@ZnS Magnetic Fluorescent Nanoprobe for the Detection of Ag+ and Its Applications in Real Water Solutions. Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 1992. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13131992
Chen X, Chen J, Ma M, Yu S, Liu Z, Zeng X. An Ethyl-Thioglycolate-Functionalized Fe3O4@ZnS Magnetic Fluorescent Nanoprobe for the Detection of Ag+ and Its Applications in Real Water Solutions. Nanomaterials. 2023; 13(13):1992. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13131992
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Xin, Jie Chen, Mingshuo Ma, Shihua Yu, Zhigang Liu, and Xiaodan Zeng. 2023. "An Ethyl-Thioglycolate-Functionalized Fe3O4@ZnS Magnetic Fluorescent Nanoprobe for the Detection of Ag+ and Its Applications in Real Water Solutions" Nanomaterials 13, no. 13: 1992. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13131992