Europium Luminescence Used for Logic Gate and Ions Sensing with Enoxacin As the Antenna

Anal Chem. 2016 Jan 19;88(2):1238-45. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03593. Epub 2015 Dec 22.

Abstract

Luminescent lanthanide ion complexes have received increasing attention because of their unique optical properties. Herein, we discovered that the luminescence of europium(III) (Eu(3+)) could be regulated by Ag(+) and SCN(-) in seconds with enoxacin (ENX) as the antenna. Under given conditions, only the simultaneous introduction of Ag(+) and SCN(-) could remarkably enhance the luminescence intensity of Eu(3+)-ENX complexes. This phenomenon has been exploited to design an "AND" logic gate and specific luminescence turn-on assays for sensitively sensing Ag(+) and SCN(-) for the first time. Furthermore, the addition of S(2-) resulted in efficient luminescence quenching of the Eu(3+)/ENX/Ag(+)/SCN(-) system due to the strong affinity between Ag(+) and S(2-). Thus, a new luminescent sensing platform for S(2-) was established, which exhibited excellent selectivity and high sensitivity. S(2-) could be detected within the concentration range of 100 nM to 12.5 μM with a detection limit of 60 nM. Such sensing system features simplicity, rapidity, and flexibility. Moreover, this proposed Eu(3+)-based luminescent assay could be successfully applied in the real environmental water sample analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computers, Molecular
  • Enoxacin / chemistry*
  • Europium / analysis*
  • Ions / analysis
  • Lakes
  • Logic
  • Luminescence*
  • Luminescent Measurements
  • Silver / chemistry
  • Sulfides / analysis*
  • Thiocyanates / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

  • Ions
  • Sulfides
  • Thiocyanates
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Enoxacin
  • Silver
  • Europium