In a weak acidic medium(pH 2.4-2.8),eosin Y molecules(H2L) could replace water molecules to associate with Triton X-100 to form hydrophobic hydrogen bonding complexes.These complexes could further aggregate to form na...In a weak acidic medium(pH 2.4-2.8),eosin Y molecules(H2L) could replace water molecules to associate with Triton X-100 to form hydrophobic hydrogen bonding complexes.These complexes could further aggregate to form nanoparticles through the squeezing action of the water phase and Van Der Waals force,resulting in changes in the absorption spectrum and fluorescence quenching of EY as well as the significant enhancement of resonance Rayleigh scattering.This enables the sensitive determination of Triton X-100 using the fading spectrophotometry,fluorescence quenching method and RRS method.Among them,the RRS method shows the highest sensitivity with a detection limit of 20.6 ng mL-1 for Triton X-100.The optimum experimental conditions and factors that affect the absorption,fluorescence and RRS spectra were tested.The effects of coexisting substances were investigated and the results showed good selectivity.Based on these results,new spectrophotometric methods,fluorescence quenching method and RRS method for the determination of Triton X-100,were established.The hydrogen bonding association of eosin Y with Triton X-100 and the formation of nanoparticles as well as their effects on related spectral characteristics were discussed utilizing infrared,transmission electron microscope technique and quantum chemical method.展开更多
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文摘In a weak acidic medium(pH 2.4-2.8),eosin Y molecules(H2L) could replace water molecules to associate with Triton X-100 to form hydrophobic hydrogen bonding complexes.These complexes could further aggregate to form nanoparticles through the squeezing action of the water phase and Van Der Waals force,resulting in changes in the absorption spectrum and fluorescence quenching of EY as well as the significant enhancement of resonance Rayleigh scattering.This enables the sensitive determination of Triton X-100 using the fading spectrophotometry,fluorescence quenching method and RRS method.Among them,the RRS method shows the highest sensitivity with a detection limit of 20.6 ng mL-1 for Triton X-100.The optimum experimental conditions and factors that affect the absorption,fluorescence and RRS spectra were tested.The effects of coexisting substances were investigated and the results showed good selectivity.Based on these results,new spectrophotometric methods,fluorescence quenching method and RRS method for the determination of Triton X-100,were established.The hydrogen bonding association of eosin Y with Triton X-100 and the formation of nanoparticles as well as their effects on related spectral characteristics were discussed utilizing infrared,transmission electron microscope technique and quantum chemical method.
