title: A turn-on fluorescence sensor for cyanide from mechanochemical reactions between quantum dots and copper complexes.
abstract: Manual grinding of CuCl(2), 2,2'-bipyridine and hydrophobic CdSe QDs creates a selective and fast turn-on fluorescence sensor for detection of nanogram quantities of solid cyanide salts by the naked-eye. Using a fluorescence detector this simple sensor detects 100 ppm of NaCN in sand.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Carmen R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.forename: Angeles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Touceda-Varela
authors.forename: Anita C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mareque-Rivas
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D003486:Cyanides / Q000032:analysis*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D045663:Quantum Dots
chemical_list: D003486:Cyanides; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D003300:Copper