University of San Francisco
Terpyridine Functionalized Dye-Doped Silica Nanoparticles (DDSN) for Detection of Metal Ions
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>In an effort to synthesize a novel silica nanoparticle platform for the fluorescent sensing of metal ions and future use in QDA, we synthesized from the bottom up a novel 2, 2’: 2’, 6- terpyridine functionalized fluorescein doped silica nanoparticle system capable of the sensitive detection of Cu<sup>2+</sup> and Co<sup>2+</sup>. To further probe the properties of our nanoparticle system, we substitute the fluorescein dye of rhodamine and have observed differences in the selectivity and sensitivity of the system indicative of the potential customizability of the system. Initial QDA results on the fluorescein system suggest that while the signal is returned upon the introduction of EDTA, L-histidine, and epinephrine, the fluorescein dye in our system may interact with many of the anions tested.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science in Chemistry
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Chemistry
- Year dc:date.available
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Liu, Jonathan J
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Lawrence D. Margerum
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/216
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1273