Determination of Hg2+ in water based on acriflavine functionalized AgNPs by SERS

Autor: Jiawei Wu, Yanru Ding, Xiangfeng Bu, Baoqin Hao, Bing Zhao, Yuan Tian, Lixia Zhang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Microchemical Journal. 155:104736
ISSN: 0026-265X
Popis: We conducted a related study on the determination of Hg2+ in water by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). It is based on acriflavine as a signal probe with the assistance of aggregation agent MgSO4 for the SERS investigation. Moreover, the density functional theory (DFT) calculations of acriflavine were performed for interpreting the assignments of the vibrational normal modes. The interaction of acriflavine with AgNPs was inhibited because the citrate reduced Hg2+ to Hg and formed Ag amalgam on the AgNPs surface. The formation of Ag-Hg alloys reduced the SERS intensity of acriflavine. This sensing system displayed excellent sensitivity and a detection limit as low as 1.4 mol L − 1. The relationship between the SERS intensity and Hg2+ concentration was found in the range of 0.1–8.0 × 10−7 mol L − 1. This method for detecting Hg2+ is inexpensive, facile and sensitive.
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