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Chemical Communications

A simple visual sensor with the potential for determining the concentration of fluoride in water at environmentally significant levels†

Tomoki Nishimura,ab   Su-Ying Xu,a   Yun-Bao Jiang,c   John S. Fossey,d   Kazuo Sakurai,*b   Steven D. Bull*a  and  Tony D. James*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
E-mail: s.d.bull@bath.ac.uk, t.d.james@bath.ac.uk

b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Kitakyushu, 1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

c Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the MOE Key Laboratory of Analytical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

d School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

Abstract

We have developed a simple and robust fluorescence based boronic-acid molecular sensor for determining the concentration of fluoride in water at environmentally significant levels. The simplicity of the method and the ability to measure fluoride in water between 0.1 and 1.5 ppm is particularly noteworthy given the WHO requirements for detecting levels of fluoride in drinking water below 1.5 ppm.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC36107H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Aug 2012
Accepted
12 Nov 2012
First published
12 Nov 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 478-480

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A simple visual sensor with the potential for determining the concentration of fluoride in water at environmentally significant levels

T. Nishimura, S. Xu, Y. Jiang, J. S. Fossey, K. Sakurai, S. D. Bull and T. D. James, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 478 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36107H

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