A Novel Fluorescent Sensor for Detecting Ag and Hg ions: A Combination of Theoretical and Experimental Studies.

A new fluorescent sensor based on diethylaminosalicylaldehyde-thiosemicarbazide (DST) was studied using a combination of density functional theory calculations and experimental investigations. DST was able to detect the metal ions Ag and Hg in the presence of various competing metal ions and anions, with detection limits of 0.45 and 0.