F^- has a very significant impact on human life and ecological environment. Bone and teeth contain the majority of fluoride in the human body, which is closely related to human life activities and metabolism of teeth and bone tissue.Dietary deficiency or excessive intake of fluoride has been related to serious health problems. Moreover, soil and groundwater are contaminated by the use of fluoridated wastewater for irrigation, the settling of fluoridated dust, and the exchange of air in the soil with fluorinated air. Therefore, it is of vital importance to the quantitative detection and control of fluoride. Due to the advantages of good selectivity, in-situ visual and nondestructive detection compared with limitations of traditional methods, the design routine of luminescent probes of fluoride have attracted great interest of researchers,and it also can be used in biological detection or real life productions This review summarizes the research progress in luminescent fluoride probes with various kinds and recognition mechanisms in recent five years. The composite probes based on supported polymers and functionalized nanoparticles are also discussed. Finally, the development trend of luminescent fluoride probes is forecast.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 One-component probes
2.1 Probes based on the interaction of fluoride ion and Lewis acid
2.2 Probes utilizing weak interactions
3 Composite probes
3.1 Organic luminophor
3.2 Inorganic luminophor
4 Conclusion and outlook