NANOSYSTEMS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, 2016, 7 (3), P. 542–546
A graphene-organic composite as a fluorescent chemosensor for Ag+
N. Bhuvanesh – Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, TamilNadu, 641114 India
K. Velmurugan – Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, TamilNadu, 641114 India
S. Suresh – Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, TamilNadu, 641114 India
T. Sakthivel – Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641114 India
R. Nandhakumar – Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, TamilNadu, 641114 India; nandhakumar@karunya.edu
A novel reduced graphene oxide (rGO) decorated organic binol based receptor ((S)-1) has been designed and synthesized. The resulting nanocomposite (rGO–(S)-1) material was then utilized as a selective fluorescent chemosensor for Ag+ ion in aqueous media at physiological pH. In addition, the nanocomposite showed no crossreaction with any of the potential interfering metal ions. The reduced graphene oxide-organic nanocomposite was characterized using various spectroscopic, microscopic and analytical studies.
Keywords: rGO, Binol, nanocomposite, Fluorescence, Silver, off-on probe.
PACS 81.05.ue
DOI 10.17586/2220-8054-2016-7-3-542-546