ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBROUS POLYMER AS RESPONSIVE FLUORESCENCE BASED DETECTOR FOR Cd (II) METAL ION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

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  • S. Adewuyi Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta PMB 2240, Ogun, 110001, Nigeria

Abstract

A new fluorescent electrospun fiber polymer 1-(2-Pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) − poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) previously synthesized by covalent functionalization of PAN into PAA and electrospinning technique was applied for Cd2+ probe via fluorescence enhancement due to coordination of the metal ion. The fluorescent indicator molecule (PAN−PAA) exhibits distinct and well-defined emission peak. Emission maximum of the functionalized polymer molecule appeared at 593 nm which is indicative of a good Stokes’ shift. In order to get clearer insight into the florescence of the functionalized polymer, the fluorescence behavior was measured with addition of various metal (Cd2+ ,Cr3+,Co2+,Fe2+ andNi2+). The fluorescence “turn-on†effect of PAN−PAA upon addition of Cd2+ was predominant. It was observed that addition of Cd2+ at trace concentration of 5.0 µM increases the emission intensity dramatically up to 75%. However, compared with other competing metal ions, reduction in emission intensity was observed. More importantly with Ni2+ where the fluorescence intensity at 593 nm decreased to less than 2%. Basically, non energy transfer and diamagnetic interactions are suggested to be responsible for this enhancement by transition metal ions. Keywords:  Nanofiber, fluorescence, 1-(2-Pyridylazo)-2-naphthol, polyacrylic acid, cadmium

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2017-02-14

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Adewuyi, S. (2017). ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBROUS POLYMER AS RESPONSIVE FLUORESCENCE BASED DETECTOR FOR Cd (II) METAL ION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION. Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria, 40(2). Retrieved from http://www.journals.chemsociety.org.ng/index.php/jcsn/article/view/32

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