123rd General Meeting of the KCS

Type Oral Presentation
Area Oral Presentation of Young Analytical Chemists I
Room No. Room 202
Time THU 10:40-10:44
Code ANAL1.O-26
Subject Highly sensitive fluorescent sensor based on novel coordinated amphiphilic polythiophene nanohybrids for triacetone triperoxide explosive detection
Authors Salah Mahmoud Tawfik Ahmed, Yong-ill Lee*
Department of Chemistry, Changwon National University, Korea
Abstract Triacetone triperoxide (TATP), one of the most dangerous primary explosives, has emerged as an explosive of choice for terrorists in recent years. A new strategy for the detection of TATP is developed by utilizing amphiphilic polythiophene-coated CdTe QDs (P1QDs) and Hg2+ ion. The emission of P1QDs is found to be quenched in the presence of Hg2+ ion by electron transfer. Upon addition of the TATP, the quencher (Hg2+ ion) has been removed from the surface of P1QDs owing to the strong interactions between TATP and metal ions (Hg2+ ion), which leads to significant fluorescence recovery of P1QDs. The detection limit for TATP is 87 µg/L. The simultaneous possession of high sensitivity and selectivity could enable this sensor to be potentially applicable for ultrasensitive and rapid detection trace of TATP in real samples. Keywords: amphiphilic polythiophene nanohybrids, metal ions, fluorescence recovery, triacetone triperoxide (TATP), real samples
E-mail salahtwfk85@yahoo.com