Citation: Zhifeng CAI, Ying WU, Yanan LI, Guiyu MENG, Tianyu MIAO, Yihao ZHANG. Effective detection of malachite green by folic acid stabilized silver nanoclusters[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2025, 41(5): 983-993. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20240394 shu

Effective detection of malachite green by folic acid stabilized silver nanoclusters

College of Chemistry and Materials, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong, Shanxi 030619, China

Corresponding author: Zhifeng CAI, caizhifeng15@mails.ucas.ac.cn Ying WU, ceyingwu@126.com
Received Date: 2 November 2024
Revised Date: 30 March 2025

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Herein, a one-pot chemical reduction method was reported to prepare folic acid (FA)-stabilized silver nanoclusters (FA@Ag NCs), in which FA, hydrazine hydrate, and silver nitrate were used as capping agent, reducing agent, and precursor, respectively. Several technologies were employed to investigate the structures and optical properties of FA@Ag NCs, including transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), fluorescence spectrometer, and ultraviolet visible absorption spectrometer. FA@Ag NCs were suggested to be highly dispersed and spherical with a size of around 2.8 nm. Moreover, the maximum excitation and emission wavelengths of FA@Ag NCs were 370 and 447 nm, respectively. Under the optimal detection conditions, FA@Ag NCs could be used to effectively detect malachite green with the linear detection range of 0.5-200 μmol·L^-1. The detection limit was 0.084 μmol·L^-1. The fluorescence-quenching mechanism was ascribed to the static quenching. The detection system based on FA@Ag NCs was successfully used for the detection of malachite green in actual samples with good accuracy and reproducibility.
- fluorescence probe,
- silver nanoclusters,
- folic acid,
- malachite green,
- static quenching
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