A new sensitive organic/inorganic hybrid material based on titanium oxide for the potentiometric detection of iron(III)

International audienceThe formation of a new hybrid material based on titanium dioxide as inorganic support and containing an iron organochelator (ICL670) is described. An organophosphorous coupling agent was used to graft the organic molecule on the oxide surface. The attachment of the organic substrate was well-confirmed by FTIR (DRIFT), solid-state 31P and 13C CPMAS NMR, thermal analysis and the integrity of the structural and morphological parameters were verified using XRD and TEM analyses. The interaction between the material and dissolved iron(III) was also investigated through potentiometric measurements and demonstrated the interest of this new non-siliceous based hybrid material. The obtained linear evolution of the open circuit potential from 10−2 to 10−6 mol L−1 can be used for the analytical detection of iron(III)

Calix[4]arene-modified silica nanoparticles for the potentiometric detection of iron (III) in aqueous solution

International audienceThis article aims to present the synthesis and the characterization of a novel hybrid material, based on silica nanoparticles, and which can be used as a sensitive element for the electrochemical detection of iron (III). This material was obtained by grafting an iron ligand-based calix[4]arene structure onto nanosized silica particles. The covalent anchoring of the chelator was obtained by nucleophilic coupling reaction between the modified calix[4]arene and the chloropropyl functionalized silica. The grafting reaction was confirmed by FTIR (DRIFT), solid-state 13C Cross-Polarization MAS (CPMAS) NMR and thermal analysis. The interaction between the material and the dissolved iron (III) was demonstrated though potentiometric measurements. A linear evolution of the open circuit potential, which can be used analytically for iron (III) detection, has been obtained