Issue 17, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Selective turn-on fluorescence detection of cyanide in water using hydrophobic CdSe quantum dots†

Angeles Touceda-Varela,a   Emily I. Stevenson,a   José A. Galve-Gasión,a   David T. F. Drydena  and  Juan C. Mareque-Rivas*a  

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a School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
E-mail: juan.mareque@ed.ac.uk
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Abstract

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.

Graphical abstract: Selective turn-on fluorescence detection of cyanide in water using hydrophobic CdSe quantum dots

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B716194H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Oct 2007
Accepted
11 Feb 2008
First published
26 Feb 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 1998-2000

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Selective turn-on fluorescence detection of cyanide in water using hydrophobic CdSe quantum dots

A. Touceda-Varela, E. I. Stevenson, J. A. Galve-Gasión, D. T. F. Dryden and J. C. Mareque-Rivas, Chem. Commun., 2008, 1998 DOI: 10.1039/B716194H

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