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Analytica Chimica Acta

Volume 298, Issue 2, 30 November 1994, Pages 271-277
Analytica Chimica Acta

Development of an optrode membrane for the determination of picric acid based on fluorescence energy transfer

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Abstract

An optrode membrane for the determination of picric acid based on fluorescence energy transfer between fluoranthene (donor) and fluorescein octadecyl ester (acceptor) was developed. When fluoranthene is excited at 362.2 nm, it emits light in a spectral region that overlaps significantly with the fluorescence excitation spectrum of fluorescein octadecyl ester. Consequently, non-radiative energy transfer occurs from fluoranthene (donor) to fluorescein octadecyl ester (acceptor). The fluorescence of fluoranthene is strongly quenched by picric acid, but that of fluorescein octadecyl ester is not. When the optrode membrane containing these two fluorophores contacts a solution of picric acid, the extent of fluorescence quenching is increased with a threefold increase in the Stern-Volmer quenching constant compared with the quenching of fluoranthene. This phenomenon is mainly due to the fluorescence quenching of the donor-acceptor pair by picric acid. Under the optimum conditions, the linear measuring range of picric acid is from 5.0 × 10−7 to 8.0 × 10−4 M. The described optrode membrane offer a more sensitive method for the determination of picric acid than the existing picric acid optrode membrane.

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