Selective detection of phosphaphenanthrene-containing luminophors with aggregation-induced emission enhancement to transition metal ions

Abstract

Transition metal ions (Pb²⁺, Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, Co²⁺, Mn²⁺, Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Hg²⁺, Ag⁺, Fe³⁺) in water are used to quench emission of 2-(6-oxido-6H-dibenz<c,e><1,2>oxaphosphorin-6-yl)-1,4-phenylene-bis(p-pentyloxylbenzoate)s (MD5) with aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) in water-acetonitrile (AN) mixture (80:20 by volume). Among all metal ions, Fe³⁺ exhibits the highest quenching efficiency on AIEE of MD5 even when the concentration of Fe³⁺ is lower than 1×10^-6 mol/L. The quenching efficiency of Hg²⁺ is lower than that of Fe³⁺ at the same concentration, though MD5 is used to detect Hg²⁺ efficiently, too. To other metal ions, low quenching efficiency has few relations with a wider concentration range. The UV absorbance spectra show only red shift of absorbance wavelength in the presence of Hg²⁺ and Fe³⁺, which indicates a salt-induced J-aggregation. SEM photos reveal larger aggregation and morphological change of nanoparticles of MD5 in water containing Hg²⁺ and Fe³⁺, which reduce the surface area of MD5 emission for further aggregation. The selective quenching effect of transition metal ions to emission of MD5 has a potential application in chemical sensors of some metal ions.

Keywords

AIEE / phosphaphenanthrene / transition metal ions / quenching effect

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Acknowledgements

This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20634020) and the Basic Research Foundation of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT-UBF-200504B4213, BIT-UBF-200504B4215).

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