Bacterial Cellulose–Based MOF Hybrid as a Sensitive Switch Off–On Luminescent Sensor for the Selective Recognition of <scp>l</scp>-Histidine
Arash Farahmand Kateshali, Faezeh Moghzi, Janet Soleimannejad, Jan Janczak
Abstract
In this study, a stable and luminescent UiO-66-NH 2 ( UN ) and its derivative Cu 2+ @ UN were prepared and utilized successfully as an Off–On luminescent sensing platform for effective, selective, as well as rapid (5 min) detection of l -Histidine ( l -His). The UN reveals efficient quenching in the presence of Cu 2+ ions through photoinduced electron transition (PET) mechanism as a dynamic quenching process (in the range of 0.01–1 mM) forming Cu 2+ @ UN sensing platform. However, due to the remarkable affinity between l -His and Cu 2+, the luminescence of Cu 2+ @ UN is recovered in the presence of l -His indicating Turn-On behavior via a quencher detachment mechanism (QD). A good linear relationship between the l -His concentration and luminescence intensity was observed in the range of 0.01–40 μM ( R 2 = 0.9978) with a detection limit of 7 nM for l -His sensing. The suggested method was successfully utilized for l -His determination in real samples with good recoveries and satisfying consequences. Moreover, the result indicates that only l -His induces a significant luminescence restoration of Cu 2+ @ UN and that the signal is significantly greater than that of the other amino acids. Also, the portable test paper based on bacterial cellulose (BC) as the Cu 2+ @ UNBC sensing platform was developed to conveniently evaluate the effective detection of l -His.