A pH-Based Single-Sensor Array for Discriminating Metal Ions in Water.

ABSTRACT: Human activities, such as mining and manufacturing, expose society and the natural environment to harmful levels of metal ions. Recently, optical sensor arrays for metal ion detection have become popular owing to their favourable features, such as facile sample preparation and the requirement of less expensive instrumentation compared to traditional, spectrometry-based analysis techniques. Sensor arrays usually consist of numerous optical probes that are used in combination to generate unique analyte responses. In contrast, here we present an array that comprises a single fluorescent sensor, Coum4-DPA, that produces unique responses to metal ions in different pH environments. With this simple sensing platform, we were able to classify 10 metal ions in different water sources and quantify P

SUBMITTER: Bowyer AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9325419 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature