Bayrak, MelikeÇimen, AyselBilgiç, Ali2025-01-122025-01-1220242046-2069https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra06386dhttps://hdl.handle.net/11492/10223Pollution from heavy metal ions has become a major issue worldwide. Water pollution, particularly with heavy metals like mercury, is a global problem. Developing environmentally friendly, low-cost, high-efficiency, sensitive, and selective sensors for the detection of mercury(ii) ions in aqueous environments has attracted great interest in industry and academia. In this research paper, a bodipy-functionalized magnetic fluorescent MSp-TAB hybrid material was developed for detecting mercury(ii) in aqueous media. The magnetic fluorescent MSp-TAB hybrid material was characterized using FT-IR, SEM, EDX, XRD, and TGA. We studied the influence of diverse factors such as contact time, temperature, and pH on the detection of Hg(ii). The fluorometric study demonstrated that the developed magnetic-fluorescent hybrid material was sensitive/selective for Hg(ii) ions in the absence and presence of interfering ions with a limit of detection (LOD) of 2.72 mu M. In conclusion, the developed magnetic fluorescent MSp-TAB hybrid material has demonstrated its applicability and potential for accurate, sensitive, and practical detection of Hg(ii) in tap water samples.enArticle14443223932250info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2-s2.0-85208221242WOS:0013354997000013940315810.1039/d4ra06386dQ1N/A