The probing and quantitative detection of nitroaromatics is key for public safety and the monitoring of wastewater. Currently, most techniques used for the detection of nitroaromatics require ideal conditions rather than real conditions, making practical applications challenging. As nitroaromatics have strong absorption in the range of 350-370 nm, we can design a kind of KMgF:Eu nanophosphor with a strong f-f transition emission located at 362 nm, and an energy resonance transfer system based on the overlap of the emission peak of nanophosphors and the absorption peak of nitroaromatics can be constructed to realize the quantitative detection of nitroaromatics in municipal wastewater. Based on this, in this paper, a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensor is designed by choosing polyethylenimine (PEI)-capped KMgF:Eu nanoparticles as an energy donor for the ultrasensitive detection of nitroaromatics, which can also work as an energy acceptor. The KMgF:Eu nanoparticle sensor shows great sensitivity and selectivity and good linear characteristics in both DI water and wastewater. The detection limits in municipal wastewater were 0.456, 0.598, 0.667, 0557 and 0.678 ng/mL for TNT, TNP, p-nitrotoluene, dinitrobenzene (DNB), and nitrobenzene (NB), respectively. The detection accuracy was identified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The results showed that the sensor had superior sensitivity and great accuracy and could be used in practical applications.
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