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Protamine gold nanoclusters - based fluorescence turn-on sensor for rapid determination of Trinitrotoluene (TNT)

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Determination of trace residues of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is an analytical challenge as it is widely used in military, mining industry, civilian and counter-terrorism purposes. In this study, a gold nanocluster based turn on fluorescence sensor was developed for TNT determination. A one-pot approach was used to synthesize the fluorescent protamine stabilized gold nanoclusters (PRT-AuNC). The proposed turn-on fluorometric sensor relies on the aggregation-induced emission enhancement mechanism. As a result of the donor-acceptor interaction between the non-fluorescent Meisenheimer anion formed from TNT and the amino groups of weakly fluorescent protamine, the PRT-AuNCs aggregate and an accompanying enhancement in fluorescence intensity is observed with a large Stokes shift (lambda(ex) = 300 nm, lambda(em) = 600 nm). The fluorescence enhancement increased linearly with TNT with an LOD of 12.44 mu g/L. Similar energetic materials, common soil ions and explosive camouflage materials did not affect the proposed fluorometric sensing method. TNT in artificially contaminated soil was determined, and the results were comparable to those obtained by the HPLC-DAD system. The proposed turn-on sensor is an important tool for simple, fast, rapid and sensitive TNT determination, and has a potential to be converted to a kit format.

Trinitrotoluene (TNT) determinationNitroaromatic explosivesGold nanoclustersFluorescence enhancementProtamineELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORCOPPER NANOCLUSTERSENERGETIC MATERIALSEXPLOSIVES246-TRINITROPHENOLNANOPARTICLESRECOGNITIONNANOSENSORPOLYMERDNT

Bener, Mustafa、Sen, Furkan Burak、Apak, Resat

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Istanbul Univ

Istanbul Univ Cerrahpasa

2022

10.1016/j.saa.2022.121462

Spectrochimica acta

Spectrochimica acta

ISSN：1386-1425
年,卷(期)：2022.279
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