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ArticleJournal of fluorescence2025

Efficient Mercury Ion Detection in Water: CdTe/CdS/ZnS Quantum Dots as a Simple, Sensitive, and Rapid Fluorescence Sensor.

Farzad Farahmandzadeh, Kimia Kermanshahian, Elham Molahosseini, Mehdi Molaei

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Article in Journal of fluorescence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Farzad FarahmandzadehDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, 22 Bahman Square, Rafsanjan, Iran.
Kimia KermanshahianLaboratory of Bioanalysis, Institute of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Elham MolahosseiniDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
Mehdi MolaeiDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, 22 Bahman Square, Rafsanjan, Iran. m.molaei@vru.ac.ir.

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Abstract

Mercury (Hg), a notorious heavy metal with detrimental impacts on human health and the environment, necessitates the development of precise measurement methods. This study introduces an expeditious and straightforward photochemical approach to synthesize thioglycolic acid (TGA)-stabilized CdTe/CdS/ZnS core/multi-shell quantum dots (QDs). The synthesized CdTe/CdS/ZnS QDs were comprehensively characterized using fluorescence spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and X-Ray diffraction (XRD). XRD and EDS results confirmed the successful formation of CdTe/CdS/ZnS structure. Also, FESEM and TEM results showed that CdTe/CdS/ZnS QDs were spherical. Results showed that synthesized Exhibiting vibrant green fluorescence and notable quenching in the presence of Hg

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CdTe/CdS/ZnSChemosensorFluorescence turn-off SensorMercury ionsQuantum dot

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