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Abstract: The sequential excitation energy transfer has been studied in a C16Naph(2,6)C4N+, titan yellow (TY) and fluorescein sodium (FS) ternary aqueous covesicle system. The sequential arrays of chromophores with regulated distance, orders, and orientations were constructed on a non-covalent self-organization system through amphiphilic and electrostatic interaction in aqueous media. The naphthalene group, embedded in the interior of the vesicles, TY and FS anchored on surface of the covesicles through electrostatic interaction, which were employed as donor, mediator and acceptor, respectively, based on overlapping absorption and emission spectra. The sequential energy transfer from naphthalene cascading through TY mediator to FS has been studied in the C16Naph(2,6)C4N+, TY and FS ternary aqueous covesicle system. This sequential excitation energy transfer offers a good model for photoenergy transmission system mimicking photosynthetic systems. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: A novel fluorescent compound, 4-(trimethyl ammonium chloride)acetamide-2-(1H-naphtho[2,3-d]imidazol-2-yl)phenol (TMACA-NIP), was synthesized and used as a fluorescent probe for detecting glutathione reduced (GSH). The new NIP-based probe exhibited high fluorescence in water, which was quenched during the presence of copper (II) due to the complexation between TMACA-NIP and Cu2+. But after adding GSH into the TMACA-NIP and Cu2+ system, the fluorescence of TMACA-NIP was recovered because the binding force between GSH and Cu2+ is stronger than that between TMACA-NIP and Cu2+, which destroys the equilibrium between NIP and copper (II) ions and releases the fluorescence probe of TMACA-NIP. This three-component competing system of NIP/Cu2+/GSH can be used to detect GSH simply and rapidly. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]