title: Trace analysis of uranyl ion (UO2(2+)) in aqueous solution by fluorescence turn-on detection via aggregation induced emission enhancement effect.
abstract: A sensitive fluorescence turn-on method for trace amounts of uranyl ion (UO2(2+)) in solution has been developed in this study, based on aggregation induced emission enhancement (AIEE) characteristics of 4-pethoxycarboxyl salicylaldehyde azine (PCSA) induced by complex interaction between UO2(2+) and PCSA. Under optimized conditions, a fluorescence enhancement at 540 nm could be observed, which was linearly related to the concentration of UO2(2+) in the range of 1-25 ppb (part per billion). Analytical data showed that a detection limit of 0.2 ppb was achieved with the relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) 1.3% (n=5). The proposed method was successfully utilized in quantifying UO2(2+) in fuel processing wastewaters.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China. Electronic address: chenxiaotong@tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaotong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China. Electronic address: helinfeng@tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Linfeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China. Electronic address: airesky@126.com.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China. Electronic address: bingliu@tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China. Electronic address: tangyp@tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yaping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
keywords: Aggregation induced emission enhancement; Fluorescence turn-on detection; Schiff base; Uranyl ion detection