A green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detection

Abstract An environment-friendly fluorescent nano-hybrid hydrogel has been synthesized successfully, from cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), acrylic acid (AA) and phosphorescent Eu2+/Dy3+ doped SrAl2O4 via free radical polymerization. The hydrogel network matrix fixed Eu2+/Dy3+ doped SrAl2O4 nanoparticles...

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Main Authors: Yiqiang Wu, Lijun Wang, Yan Qing, Ning Yan, Cuihua Tian, Yuanxin Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04542-7
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spelling doaj-2ce73423d0d942e2899b0f75f51514802020-12-08T02:21:54ZengNature Publishing GroupScientific Reports2045-23222017-06-017111110.1038/s41598-017-04542-7A green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detectionYiqiang Wu0Lijun Wang1Yan Qing2Ning Yan3Cuihua Tian4Yuanxin Huang5College of Materials Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyCollege of Materials Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyAbstract An environment-friendly fluorescent nano-hybrid hydrogel has been synthesized successfully, from cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), acrylic acid (AA) and phosphorescent Eu2+/Dy3+ doped SrAl2O4 via free radical polymerization. The hydrogel network matrix fixed Eu2+/Dy3+ doped SrAl2O4 nanoparticles by polymer chains with coordinate bonds that prevented particles from aggregating and quenching in water. The fluorescent nano-hybrid hydrogel exhibited extremely high water absorption of which the swelling ratio in distilled water and NaCl salt solution were respectively of 323.35 g/g and 32.65 g/g. Furthermore, the hydrogel displayed excellent water retention property that can keep half of the moisture even exposed to 80 °C for 210 min. Besides, the hydrogel had bright green fluorescence under the sunlight or ultraviolet excitation, and the fluorescence intensity was up to 125477 after swelling 50 times in water. The time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) afterglow decay examination showed that the fluorescent emission persisted for 4 h after hydrogels excited at 368 nm wavelength UV-light for 10 min. The fluorescence intensity behaved significant linear relationship with the swelling ratio. As a result, these hydrogels were considered as promising candidates for the preparation of stable and sensitive sensor materials in green water detection.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04542-7
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author Yiqiang Wu
Lijun Wang
Yan Qing
Ning Yan
Cuihua Tian
Yuanxin Huang
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Lijun Wang
Yan Qing
Ning Yan
Cuihua Tian
Yuanxin Huang
A green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detection
Scientific Reports
author_facet Yiqiang Wu
Lijun Wang
Yan Qing
Ning Yan
Cuihua Tian
Yuanxin Huang
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title A green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detection
title_short A green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detection
title_full A green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detection
title_fullStr A green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detection
title_full_unstemmed A green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detection
title_sort green route to prepare fluorescent and absorbent nano-hybrid hydrogel for water detection
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Scientific Reports
issn 2045-2322
publishDate 2017-06-01
description Abstract An environment-friendly fluorescent nano-hybrid hydrogel has been synthesized successfully, from cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), acrylic acid (AA) and phosphorescent Eu2+/Dy3+ doped SrAl2O4 via free radical polymerization. The hydrogel network matrix fixed Eu2+/Dy3+ doped SrAl2O4 nanoparticles by polymer chains with coordinate bonds that prevented particles from aggregating and quenching in water. The fluorescent nano-hybrid hydrogel exhibited extremely high water absorption of which the swelling ratio in distilled water and NaCl salt solution were respectively of 323.35 g/g and 32.65 g/g. Furthermore, the hydrogel displayed excellent water retention property that can keep half of the moisture even exposed to 80 °C for 210 min. Besides, the hydrogel had bright green fluorescence under the sunlight or ultraviolet excitation, and the fluorescence intensity was up to 125477 after swelling 50 times in water. The time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) afterglow decay examination showed that the fluorescent emission persisted for 4 h after hydrogels excited at 368 nm wavelength UV-light for 10 min. The fluorescence intensity behaved significant linear relationship with the swelling ratio. As a result, these hydrogels were considered as promising candidates for the preparation of stable and sensitive sensor materials in green water detection.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04542-7
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