Use a Fluorescent Molecular Sensor for the Detection of Pesticides and Herbicides in Water

Title: Use a Fluorescent Molecular Sensor for the Detection of Pesticides and Herbicides in Water

Volume: 5 Issue: 1

Author(s): Francois Delattre, Francine Cazier, Fabrice Cazier and Alphonse Tine

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Keywords: Fluorescent chemosensor, Cyclodextrin, Detection, Environmental, Pesticide, Herbicide

Abstract: A fluorescent chemosensor based on modified β-cyclodextrin was used for the detection of pesticides and herbicides in water. Binding constants, thermodynamic parameters and sensitivity factors were calculated and supported by AM1 semi-empirical method calculation. The results show clearly that a fluorescent chemical sensor based on modified β- cyclodextrin detects quantitatively the presence of pesticides or herbicides and allow a direct analysis of these pollutants as a new method of detection with limits of the order of ppm for the whole of the analytes.

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Delattre Francois, Cazier Francine, Cazier Fabrice and Tine Alphonse, Use a Fluorescent Molecular Sensor for the Detection of Pesticides and Herbicides in Water, Current Analytical Chemistry 2009; 5 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341109787047871