naked-eye and selective detection of mercury (ii) ions in mixed aqueous media using a cellulose-based support肉眼和选择性检测汞离子(ii)在混合使用纤维素基水媒体支持.pdfVIP

Sensors 2007, 7, 3481-3488 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 © 2007 by MDPI /sensors Full Research Paper Naked-eye and Selective Detection of Mercury (II) Ions in Mixed Aqueous Media Using a Cellulose-based Support César Díez-Gil 1, Antonio Caballero 2, Imma Ratera 1, Alberto Tárraga 2, Pedro Molina 2,* and Jaume Veciana 1,* 1 Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC)-CIBER-BBN, Campus Universitari, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain. Fax: 34 93 5805729; Tel: 34 93 580 1853. E-mail: vecianaj@icmab.es 2 Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain. E-mail: pmolina@um.es; vecianaj@icmab.es * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Received: 8 November 2007 / Accepted: 20 December 2007 / Published: 21 December 2007 Abstract: A test paper for high-selectivity detecting Hg2+ ions in mixed acetonitrile-water solutions has been achieved using a bis(ferrocenyl) azine, as chromogenic chemosensor molecule, and a solid cellulose fibre, as a substrate. Depending on the amount of mercury ions in contact with the detecting molecule a spectacular color change in the cellulose indicator is produced, being possible to determine the concentration of Hg2+ ions either by naked eye or spectroscopically. Keywords: mercury (II) ions detection, bis(ferrocenyl) azine, chromogenic chemosensor, cellulose–based probe 1. Introduction The sensitive detection of heavy and transition- metal ions, such as mercu