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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 178138, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/178138
A Fluorescent Sensor for Zinc Detection and Removal Based on Core-Shell Functionalized Fe3O4@SiO2 Nanoparticles
1Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
2National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Received 11 December 2012; Accepted 5 January 2013
Academic Editor: Tao Chen
Copyright © 2013 Yaohui Xu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The magnetic Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) functionalized with 8-chloroacetylaminoquinoline as a fluorescent sensor for detection and removal of Zn2+ have been synthesized. The core-shell structures of the nanoparticles and chemical composition have been confirmed by TEM, XRD, FTIR, and XPS techniques. The addition of functionalized Fe3O4@SiO2 NPs into the acetonitrile solution of Zn2+ had an effect of visual color change as well as significant fluorescent enhancement. High-saturated magnetizations (24.7 emu/g) of functionalized Fe3O4@SiO2 NPs could help to separate the metal ions from the aqueous solution. The magnetic sensor exhibited high removal efficiency towards Zn2+ (92.37%). In this work, we provided an easy and efficient route to detect Zn2+ and simultaneously remove Zn2+.