Micellar-mediated binding interaction between proflavine hemisulfate and salicylic acid: spectroscopic insights and its analytical application.

The molecular interactions between salicylic acid (SA) and proflavin hemisulfate (PF) were investigated using fluorescence and UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy in an aqueous micellar environment. Changes in the absorption spectra of SA in the presence of PF indicate a ground state interaction between salicylate and proflavine hemisulfate ions to form a complex. The excitation bands of SA monitored at its emission wavelength reveal a red spectral shift of 8390.54 and 2037.75 cm(-1) when compared with absorption bands. The intensity of both excitation bands decreased in the presence of increasing amounts of PF. The absence of excitation bands of PF rules out the possibility of its direct excitation and suggests energy transfer from excited SA to PF, resulting in quenching of the SA fluorescence. The fluorescence quenching results were found to fit the well-known Stern-Volmer (S-V) relation. S-V plots at different temperatures were used to further evaluate thermodynamic parameters such as ∆G, ∆H and ΔS. The thermodynamic and kinetic data obtained from the quenching results were used to investigate the possible mechanism of binding, the nature of the binding force and the distance between SA and PF molecules. The linear relation between SA fluorescence quenching and PF concentration used to develop an analytical method for the determination of PF from Lorexane (a veterinary cream) using a fluorescence quenching method.

Evaluation of interparticle interaction between colloidal Ag nanoparticles coated with trisodium citrate and safranine by using FRET: spectroscopic and mechanistic approach.

Current study employs fluorescence spectroscopy, UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) to investigate the interaction of safranine dye with spherical shaped silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) coated with trisodium citrate. In fluorescence spectroscopic study we used the AgNPs and safranine dye as component molecules for the construction of FRET, whereas AgNPs serve as donor fluorophore and safranine as acceptor. The fluorescence quenching of AgNPs followed by sensitization of safranine occurs almost simultaneously by addition of safranine dye with different concentrations, indicating fluorescence energy transfer observed between them. Interaction between safranine and AgNPs is also confirmed by using UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. Addition of safranine results in the significant decrease in the absorbance of AgNPs at 423 nm and simultaneous increase in the absorbance of safranine at 518, 276 and 248 nm which is indication of rapid binding of safranine molecules with AgNPs. However CV measurements reveals that the safranine molecule does not alter the redox properties of the AgNPs but the safranine molecule lose their redox properties upon getting bonded with AgNPs. This clearly confirms that the safranine molecules get attached on the surface of AgNPs which was also supported by the DLS as well as zeta potential measurement.