Highly sensitive and selective determination of Hg2+ by using 3-((2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenylimino)methyl)benzene-1,2-diol as fluorescent chemosensor and its application in real water sample

A new receptor 3-((2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenylimino)methyl)benzene-1,2-diol (1) was synthesised and developed as a highly selective fluorescent chemosensor for the detection of Hg²⁺ in semi-aqueous media. The fluorescence of receptor 1 was dramatically and selectively quenched on complexation with Hg²⁺ ion with the detection limit down to 0.20 μM. The developed sensor was successfully applied for the determination of Hg²⁺ content in water samples. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations were performed to study the mechanistic behaviour behind the binding of Hg²⁺ with receptor 1.     

A sensitive amperometric sensor for hydrazine based on Pt nanoparticles-reduced graphene oxide–multi-walled carbon nanotubes composite

The platinum nanoparticles-reduced graphene oxide-multi-walled carbon nanotubes composite (PtNPs-rGO-MWCNTs) has been synthesised by one-step chemical co-reduction strategy in ethylene glycol (EG) system using sodium citrate as reducing agent. The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), as well as the electrochemical methods have been used for the characterisation of this composite. Benefiting from the large effective surface and good carrier function of rGO-MWCNTs, PtNPs in this nanocomposite have some excellent characteristics such as small particle size, good dispersion, as well as high electrocatalytic activity. Based on this, a new electrochemical sensor for hydrazine has been fabricated using dropping method. Under the optimum conditions, the linear range for the determination of hydrazine by amperometry at 0.20 V (vs. SCE) in phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) is from 2.0 × 10^?7 mol L^?1 to 2.3 × 10^?3 mol L^?1. The detection limit and sensitivity is 4.5 × 10^?8 mol L^?1 (S/N = 3) and 219.7 μA mM^?1, respectively. This sensor has some attractive analytical features such as low detection limit, wide linear range, high sensitivity, as well as good stability.     

Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-substituted coumarin as a selective ratiometric sensor for Cu2+ ion

A novel fluorescent chemosensor, (E)-7-(diethylamino)-3-((2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-ylimino)methyl)-2H-chromen-2-one 1a, has been synthesised and characterised. This chemosensor displayed an extreme selective fluorescence emission only with Cu²⁺ ion over all other metal ions examined. The Job’s plot experiment analysis suggested the binding ratio of the chemosensor 1a with Cu²⁺ was 1:1 metal-to-ligand ratio. The association constant for Cu²⁺ towards receptor 1a obtained from Benesi–Hildebrand plot was found to be 4.859 × 10³ M^?1 with a detection limit 4.6 × 10^?8 M. Fluorescence enhancement caused by Cu²⁺ binding with chemosensor 1a attributed to combinational effect of intramolecular charge transfer and chelation-enhanced fluorescence occurred at pH 8.0.     

Molecular Imprinting-Chemiluminescence Sensor for the Determination of Prulifloxacin

Abstract

A selective molecular imprinting-chemiluminescence sensor is developed for the determination of prulifloxacin by using a prulifloxacin-imprinted polymer as recognition material and the cerium(IV)/sodium thiosulfate/prulifloxacin chemiluminescence reaction as the detection system. The linear response range of the sensor is from 8.0 × 10^?8 to 7.0 × 10^?6 mol L^?1 with a detection limit of 2.0 × 10^?8 mol L^?1. The relative standard deviation for 5.0 × 10^?7 mol L^?1prulifloxacin solution is 1.3% (n = 7). This sensor has been applied to the determination of prulifloxacin in urine samples, and the results obtained are satisfactory.     

A simple dual-channel sensor for detecting cyanide in water with high selectivity and sensitivity

Taking advantage of the special nucleophilicity of cyanide, a new simple colorimetric chemosensor has been synthesised. This allows a deprotonation reaction to monitoring the cyanide. With the addition of CN^? to the chemosensor aqueous solution, which could induce a change in the solution colour from yellowish to deep yellow, while no colour change could be observed in the presence of other hackneyed anions, by which CN^? can be distinguished from other anions immediate with the naked eye. At the same time, a fluorescence quenching was implemented upon adding cyanide into the chemosensor aqueous solution. The absorption spectra detection limits of the chemosensor for cyanide was 5.35 × 10^?8 M and the fluorescence spectra detection limit was 2.63 × 10^?8 M. The cyanide test strips based on the chemosensor could serve as a convenient cyanide test kits. Furthermore, the chemosensor was successfully applied to detect cyanide in sprouting potatoes.     

A fast,highly selective and sensitive dansyl-based fluorescent sensor for copper (II) ions and its imaging application in living cells

Since the copper ions (Cu²⁺) play a fatal role in many foundational physiological processes, it is important to develop a simple, highly sensitive and selective sensor for Cu²⁺ detection in living systems. Herein, an intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) and dansyl-based fluorescent chemosensor 1 was designed, synthesized and characterized for the sensitive and selective quantification of Cu²⁺. It exhibited remarkable fluorescence quenching upon addition of Cu²⁺ over other selected metal ions, attributed to the complex formation between 1 and Cu²⁺ with the association constant 6.7 × 10⁵ M^?1. The sensor 1 showed a fast and linear response towards Cu²⁺ in the concentration range from 0 to 12.5 × 10^?6 mol L^?1 with the detection limit of 2.5 × 10^?7 mol L^?1. This detection could be carried out in a wide pH range of 5.0–14. Furthermore, sensor 1 can be used for detecting Cu²⁺ in living cells.     

Amperometric Nitric Oxide Sensor Based on Poly(Thionine)/Nafion‐Modified Electrode and Its Application in Monitoring Nitric Oxide Release from Rat Kidney

Abstract

A novel amperometric nitric oxide (NO) sensor based on a glassy carbon electrode modified with thionine and Nafion films has been developed. The oxidation peak current of NO increased significantly at the poly(thionine)/Nafion‐modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE), which can be used for the detection of NO. The oxidation peak current was linear with the concentration of nitric oxide over the range from 3.6×10^?7 to 6.8×10^?5 mol · L^?1, and the detection limit was 7.2×10^?8 mol · L^?1. This nitric oxide sensor showed high selectivity to nitric oxide determination, and some potential interference could be eliminated effectively. The nitric oxide sensor has been applied to monitor NO release from rat kidney stimulated by L‐arginine. The results indicated the applicability of the NO sensor to biomedical samples.     

Rapid Determination of Pentazocine in Human Plasma and Urine by a Potentiometric Method

Abstract

A fast potentiometric determination method has been reported for pentazocine in human plasma without complicated pretreatments using a coated-wire potentiometric selective electrode. The sensing membrane was made by incorporating of ion-association complexes of pentazocine cation and sodium tetraphenyl borate (NaTPB) in a polyvinyl chloride. The sensor exhibited fast, stable, and linear Nernstian response over the range of 5 × 10^?5 to 0.1 mol L^?1 pentazocine with a slope of 57.8 mV per decade and with detection limit of 3.2 × 10^?5 mol L^?1. The proposed sensor has been used for determination of pentazocine in human plasma and urine.     

A simple method for determination of urapidil at a glassy carbon electrode modified with poly(sodium4-styrenesulfonate) functionalized graphene

ABSTRACT

A simple, highly sensitive voltammetric method for the determination of urapidil at poly(sodium4-styrenesulfonate) functionalized graphene-modified electrode (PSS-Gr/GCE) was described. Based on the PSS-Gr composites-modified glassy carbon electrode as a simple voltammetric sensor, it exhibited good conductivity and high sensitivity to urapidil. Under the optimize condition, a good linear relationship was obtained between peak currents and urapidil concentrations in the wider range of 2.0 × 10^?9–8.0 × 10^?8 mol L^?1 and 2.0 × 10^?7–2.0 × 10^?5 mol L^?1 with detection limit of 8 × 10^?10 mol L^?1 (S/N = 3). Based on the high sensitivity and good selectivity of the proposed electrode, the proposed method could apply to the detect of urapidil in urapidil sustained release tablets with satisfactory results.     

Novel fluorescent cyanide-selective chemosensor based on a functionalised pillar[5]arene copper(II) complex

As a novel macrocyclic host, pillar[5]arene can selectively recognise guest molecules in organic solvents. In this study, a fluorescent chemosensor composed of a functionalised-pillar[5]arene and Cu²⁺ metal complex (PN–Cu), which shows good selectivity for CN^? anions, has been designed and synthesised. Complexation between PN–Cu and anions has been probed by means of various fluorescence-based methods. PN–Cu, as a turn-on fluorescence chemosensor showed high selectivity towards CN^? ions in comparison to other anions, and its detection limit for CN^? was calculated as 9.03 × 10^?7 M. The PN–Cu sensor can serve as a recyclable component in sensing materials. Moreover, the interaction between the singly functionalised pillar[5]arene and Cu²⁺ has been probed through various tests. Based on the remarkable selectivity of the chemosensor PN–Cu, we propose that it might be used as a potential material for CN^? recognition.     

A fluorescent sensor for Al3+ based on a photochromic diarylethene with a hydrazinobenzothiazole Schiff base unit

A new fluorescent turn-on chemosensor for Al³⁺ based on a diarylethene unit was designed and synthesized. Photochromism, fluorescence switch, and metal ion recognition behaviors of this diarylethene derivative were investigated by absorption and fluorescence emission spectra. It shows an outstanding fluorometric sensing ability toward Al³⁺ ion, and the detection limit was measured to be 9.3 × 10^?8 mol L^?1 via fluorescence methods. Based on these interesting properties, a combinational logic circuit was constructed successfully.     

Electrocatalytic Oxidation and Voltammetric Determination of Hydrazine in Industrial Boiler Feed Water Using a Cobalt Phthalocyanine-modified Electrode

Abstract

A carbon paste electrode modified with cobalt phthalocyanine (CPECoPc) was developed and applied to the determination of hydrazine [N₂H₄] in industrial boiler feed water. The CPECoPc exhibited good electrocatalytical activity for hydrazine oxidation at pH 13. A linear correlation was obtained between anodic peak current (I_ap) and hydrazine concentration in the range of 1.25 × 10^?4 to 9.80 × 10^?4 mol L^?1, fit by the equation I_ap = 1.47 + 4.90 × 10⁵ [N₂H₄] with a correlation coefficient of 0.9967. A detection limit of 7.35 × 10^?5 mol L^?1 was obtained. Recovery of hydrazine from three samples ranged between 99.0% and 102.9%. The modified electrode showed no interference by cations commonly present in boiler water, such as K⁺, Na⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Al³⁺, Pb²⁺, and Zn²⁺. The results obtained for hydrazine in boiler water using the proposed modified electrode are in agreement with the data obtained by a standard spectrophotometric method, at the 95% confidence level.     

All-solid-state Cr(III)-selective potentiometric sensor based on Cr(III)-imprinted polymer nanomaterial/MWCNTs/carbon nanocomposite electrode

A novel potentiometric sensor, based on carbon paste electrode (CPE), modified with ion-imprinted polymer (IIP) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), is introduced for detection of chromium (III). The IIP nanomaterial was synthesised and characterised by using scanning electron microscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared. The modification of the CPE with the IIP (as a ionophore) resulted in an all-solid-state Cr(III)-selective sensor. However, the presence of appropriate amount of MWCNTs in the electrode composition was found to be necessary to observe Nernstian response. The optimised electrode composition was 76.7% graphite, 14.3% binder, 5% IIP, and 4% CNT. The proposed sensor exhibited Nernstian slope of 20.2 ± 0.2 mV decade^?1 in the working concentration range of 1.0 × 10^?6?1.0 × 10^?1 mol L^?1 (52 µg L^?1–5.2 g L^?1), with a detection limit of 5.9 × 10^?7 mol L^?1 (30.68 µg L^?1) and a fast response time of less than 40 s. It displayed a stable potential response in the pH range of 2–5. It exhibited also high selectivity over some interfering ions. The proposed sensor was successfully applied for the determination of Cr(III) in real samples (sea, river water and soil).     

Voltammetric Determination of Methylparaban in Cosmetics Using a Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes/Nafion Composite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

A novel voltammetric sensor using multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) coupled with Nafion modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was developed for the detection of methylparaben (MP). The sensor exhibited good electrocatalytic activity toward the oxidation of MP in the phosphate buffer solution (PBS, pH 6.5). It displayed good sensitivity, repeatability, reproducibility, and long-term stability. Under the optimized conditions, the anodic peak current was linear with the concentration of MP in the range of 3 × 10^?6 mol L^?1 to 1 × 10^?4 mol L^?1. The detection limit was 1 × 10^?6 mol L^?1. The proposed method was successfully applied to determine MP in cosmetics with satisfactory results.     

A fluorescent di-zinc(II) complex of bis-calix[4]arene conjugate as chemosensing-ensemble for the selective recognition of ATP

A triethylene glycol di-imine locked triazole linked bis-calix[4]arene conjugate L has been synthesised and characterised. Conjugate L exhibits high fluorescence enhancement towards Zn²⁺ among the 13 metal ions studied down to a lower detection limit of ～12 ppb. The absorption and visual colour change experiments differentiated the Zn²⁺ from the other metal ions studied. The isolated zinc complex, [Zn₂L] has been used as a chemo-sensing ensemble for the recognition of anions based on their binding affinities towards Zn²⁺. [Zn₂L] was found to be sensitive and selective towards phosphate-bearing species and in particular to adenosine triphosphate (ATP^2 ? ) among the other 20 anions studied as observed based on the changes occurred in the fluorescence intensity. The selectivity of the ATP^2 ?  has been shown on the basis of the changes observed in the emission and absorption spectral studies. The lowest detectable concentration for ATP^2 ?  with the chemo-sensing ensemble [Zn₂L] is 348 ppb in methanol. The fluorescence quenching by the phosphate-based anions has been modelled by molecular mechanics studies and found that the anions possessing two or more phosphate moieties can only bridge between the two zinc centres, and hence those possessing only one phosphate moiety (H₂PO₄^?  and AMP^2 ? ) are ineffective.     

Novel potentiometric sensor for the trace-level determination of Zn2+ based on a new nanographene/ion imprinted polymer composite

In this research, a new strategy for construction of a development potentiometric carbon paste Zn²⁺-ion selective electrode based on a novel nano-sensing layer is suggested. The proposed nano-sensing layer was prepared with the addition of a synthesised Zn²⁺-ion imprinted polymer nanoparticles ‘as an efficient sensing agent’ into the carbon paste matrix consisting of graphite powder, nanographene-composite ‘graphene nanosheets decorated with silver nanoparticles’ and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ‘ an ionic liquid ’, as the conducting binder. Under the optimised experimental conditions, the suggested nanographene-composite potentiometric sensor presented a low detection limit of 1.93 × 10^?1 μg L^?1 and a linear analytical range from 2.62 × 10^?1 to 6.54 × 10⁵ μg L^?1 with an excellent Nernstian slope of 29.80 mV decade^?1. The proposed zinc selective sensor was successfully applied for the highly sensitive determination of trace amounts of Zn²⁺ in environmental and biological samples with satisfactory results.     

A facile ratiometric and colorimetric azo-dye possessing chemosensor for Ni2+ and AcO− detection

A new tailor-made colorimetric chemosensor 1, containing pyridine and benzothiazole moieties connected through an azo (–N = N–) linkage has been synthesised. In 9:1 (v/v) aqueous THF (pH 7.0 HEPES buffer), it showed a conspicuous naked-eye colour change upon binding to Ni²⁺ (colourless to light green) and AcO^?  (colourless to orange) resulting in their ratiometric sensing. The cation and anion recognition property of the chemosensor 1 was monitored by UV–vis spectral analysis and ¹H NMR titrations.     

A ratiometric fluorescent probe for zinc ions based on the quinoline fluorophore

A ratiometric fluorescent zinc probe 1 of carboxamidoquinoline with a carboxylic acid group was designed and synthesised. Probe 1 exhibits high selectivity for sensing Zn²⁺; about a 13-fold increase in fluorescence emission intensity and an 82?nm red-shift of fluorescence emission are observed upon binding Zn²⁺ in EtOH/H₂O (1?:?1, V/V) solution. The ratiometric fluorescence response is attributed to the 1?:?1 complex formation between probe 1 and Zn²⁺ which has been utilised as the basis for the selective detection of Zn²⁺. The analytical performance characteristics of the proposed Zn²⁺-sensitive probe were investigated. The linear response range covers a concentration range of Zn²⁺ from 2.0?×?10^?6 to 5.0?×?10^?5?mol?L^?1 and the detection limit is 2.7?×?10^?7?mol?L^?1. The determination of Zn²⁺ in both tap and river water samples shows satisfactory results.     

A coumarin based chemodosimetric probe for ratiometric detection of hydrazine

A coumarin-based sensor containing trifluoroacetyl acetonate moiety was designed, synthesized, and applied for hydrazine detection. Hydrazinolysis of the chemodosimeter results in a prominent chromogenic and fluorescence ratiometric response toward hydrazine within 3 min. The probe is highly selective toward hydrazine over other important amines and other biologically and environmentally abundant analytes. The limit of detection (LOD) of the probe is in 10⁻⁶ M range. The sensing mechanism was supported by NMR and HRMS analysis. The experimentally observed change in structure and electronic properties of the sensor after reaction with hydrazine was modeled by Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Time Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) computational calculations, respectively.     

Highly Selective Potentiometric Sensor for Determining Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride in Biological Fluids Using N,N′-(Pyromellitoyl)-bis-L-tyrosine Dimethyl Ester

A new membrane selective electrode based on the potentiometric method was developed for the determination of phenazopyridine. The membrane signal is based on the interaction of N,N′-(pyromellitoyl)-bis-L-tyrosine dimethyl ester with phenazopyridine. The sensor displays a linear response with a slope of 61.1 mV decade^?1 for phenazopyridine concentrations in the range of 1.0 × 10^?2–1.0 × 10^?5 mol L^?1 and with detection limit of 8.0 × 10^?6 mol L^?1 of phenazopyridine. The electrode enjoys a fast response time. Application of this potentiometric sensor for phenazopyridine determination in pharmaceuticals, urine, and blood serum samples is reported without any special pretreatment required.