Research Progress of Cyanide Sensors in Different Medium

Abstract

Cyanide ion has strong toxicity for mammals, because it can affect many normal function of body, such as blood vessels, visual, as well as central nervous system, heart, endocrine and metabolic system. In addition, the cyanide salts are widely used in the production of human life, especially in electroplating and plastic manufacturing, mining, gold and silver leather industry, metallurgy, etc., which resulting in the pollution of environment. Therefore, the artificial cyanide selective receptor or fluorescent sensor has attracted widely attention in the field of anionic recognition. Due to the advantages of simple synthesis method, low cost, fast response, colorimetry and/or fluorescence change before and after reaction with cyanide, chemical sensors have been deeply studied by many researchers in the past decades. Based on the reaction of cyanide ions in different media, the research progress of cyanide sensors is summarized since 2010 from four aspects:(1) identification of cyanide in pure organic phase, (2) identification of cyanide ions in aqueous media, (3) identification of cyanide ions in pure water phase, and (4) identification of cyanide ions in solid phase. These sensors for cyanide in solution and solid material test and detect cyanide by naked eyes, which realizes the convenient, fast and real-time detection of cyanide in environmental and food samples.