1. A novel highly sensitive dual-channel chemical sensor for sequential recognition of Cu2+ and CN− in aqueous media and its bioimaging applications in living cells.
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Xie, Yong-Qiang, Zhang, You-Ming, Li, Zhao-Hui, Qi, Xiao-Ni, Yao, Hong, Shi, Bing-Bing, Qu, Wen-Juan, Wei, Tai-Bao, and Lin, Qi
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CHEMICAL detectors ,COLORIMETRY ,IMAGING systems in chemistry ,CELL imaging ,DETECTION limit ,FLUORESCENCE spectroscopy ,LOGIC circuits ,MERCURY - Abstract
A simple and unique dual-channel chemical probe (DH) was designed and synthesized, which not only realized sequential recognition of Cu
2+ and CN− by colorimetric and fluorometric methods, but also realized fluorescence detection of CN− . When different cations (Co2+ , Mg2+ , Ni2+ , Cd2+ , Hg2+ , Al3+ , Ag+ , Cu2+ , Pb2+ , Fe3+ , Zn2+ and Ca2+ ) were added into the solution containing the probe molecule DH, only Cu2+ induced an observable change in the UV-vis and fluorescence spectra, indicating that the probe molecule can be applied for specific recognition of Cu2+ . The anti-interference experiment of DH to Cu2+ showed that DH has good selectivity for detecting Cu2+ , with a detection limit of 7.05 × 10−7 M. In particular, the fluorescence "ON–OFF–ON" process can be recycled by sequentially adding Cu2+ and EDTA, and the fluorescence intensity remained unchanged after ten times. This observation suggested that DH can achieve reversible highly sensitive response to Cu2+ and EDTA, and can be used as a hypersensitive logic gate for Cu2+ detection. More interestingly, when different anions (CH3 COO− , SO3 2− , H2 PO4 − , ClO4 − , NO3 − , HSO4 − , I− , Cl− , F− , Br− , N3 − and CN− ) were added into the solution containing DH and Cu2+ , only CN− induced color change of the solution from red to yellowish green, and the fluorescence intensity greatly enhanced, indicating that DH-Cu2+ has a specific response to CN− . The anti-interference experiment showed that DH-Cu2+ has good selectivity for CN− , with a detection limit of 8.11 × 10−6 M. Moreover, the probe molecule DH can detect CN− , with a detection limit of 7.61 × 10−6 M. Experimental and theoretical methods were applied to deeply study the detection mechanism of DH, present great potential in practical application for ion test strips and HeLa cell imaging reagents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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