Selective turn-on fluorescence detection of cyanide in water using hydrophobic CdSe quantum dots.
The ability of 2,2'-bipyridine-bound copper(ii) ions to quench the photoluminescence of hydrophobic CdSe quantum dots is used to create a novel, selective turn-on fluorescence cyanide sensor.
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKEH9 3JJ.
Angeles
A
Touceda-Varela
Emily I
EI
Stevenson
José A
JA
Galve-Gasión
David T F
DT
Dryden
Juan C
JC
Mareque-Rivas