An aqueous fluorescent sensor for Pb2+ based on phenothiazine-polyamide

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2018 Aug 5:201:193-196. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.04.063. Epub 2018 Apr 30.

Abstract

A sensitive and selective fluorescent sensor for Pb2+ ion based on phenothiazine-polyamide was built (named sensor PP). Due to introducing of four diethanolamine groups to polyamide, this sensor was totally water soluble. PP could detect Pb2+ ion within 1 min in the presence of other metal ions in aqueous solution, the detect limit was 9.11 × 10-8 M.

Keywords: Fluorescent sensor; Pb(2+) ion; Phenothiazine-polyamide.