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Silver nanopentagons-based colorimetric sensor for high-selective chromium(III) detection in aqueous solution with polyvinylpyrrolidone and citrate

Zhikun Zhang, Dongan Guo, Cuixia Hu, and Yumin Liu

School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, China

E-mail: zhikun.zhang@qq.com

Received: 13 January 2021  Accepted: 5 June 2021

Abstract:

Herein, we prepared silver nanopentagons as colorimetric sensor to detect Cr³⁺ ions in aqueous solution in the presence of citrate and polyvinylpyrrolidone. Citrate and polyvinylpyrrolidone as stabilizer were utilized to anti-aggregate the silver nanopentagons. The non-functionalized silver nanopentagons provided a high-selective detection system for Cr³⁺ ions in aqueous solution. The result showed that Cr³⁺ ions could induce silver nanopentagons change to nanoparticles and aggregate, resulting in the color change from lime-green to pink. Therefore, the proposed detection system offered an effective visualizing monitor for Cr³⁺ ions by naked eye and quantitative detection by UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy. The detection for Cr³⁺ ions could be rapidly completed within 30 min, and the limit of detection could be up to 50 × 10^–6 M (S/N = 3). The ratio of the absorbance (A_{550 nm} and A_{392 nm}) was linear to the concentration of Cr³⁺ ions from 80 µM to 10 mM. The result also illustrated the proposed system would specifically recognize Cr³⁺ ions from other tested heavy metal ions without the shielding reagent of metal ions. Silver nanopentagons as colorimetric sensor exhibited a great promising potential for Cr³⁺ ions in aqueous solution.

Keywords: Colorimetric assay; Cr3+ ions; Silver nanopentagons; Polyvinylpyrrolidone; Trisodium citrate

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DOI: 10.1007/s11696-021-01729-1

Chemical Papers 75 (10) 5535–5541 (2021)