Fluorescence probe based carboxymethyl cellulose/Tb(III) nanocomposites for detection of Mn2+ with simpleness, rapidness and high sensitivity

A novel, rapid, high selective and sensitive probe, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)/Tb(III) with green fluorescence, for detecting Mn 2+ in aqueous solution during pH = 4–10 was proposed in this work. The probe’s synthesis had benefits of mild reaction condition, organic solvent-free and facile operation. A linear relationship between the fluorescence intensity of CMC/Tb(III) probe at 544 nm with 0.046 μM detection limitation and the concentration of Mn 2+ in the range of 0.1–100 μM was obtained. The probe was also used to detected Mn 2+ in tap water and the recoveries were between 97.10% and 101.61%, and the relative standard deviations (RSD, n = 5) of all samples were less than 2.04%. The results by UV absorption spectrum and fluorescence quenching suggested that there might be a dynamic quenching occurred to the fluorescence of CMC/Tb(III) probe when Mn 2+ was involved.