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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 607-613Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c0nj00773k
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- National Science Foundation of China [20871066, 10979019, 20721002]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB935800]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu [BK2009227]
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A new visible light excitable Hg2+ sensor, NBD-TAEE, was prepared by bridging a 4-amino-7-nitro-benzoxadiazole (ANBD) fluorophore with thiaazacrown ether via an ethylene spacer. Besides the specific Hg2+-induced absorption shift from 466 to 513 nm, this sensor exhibits the specific Hg2+-induced emission enhancement (similar to 29-fold) and fluorescent pH-independence from pH 6 to 13. Hg2+ addition even leads to the emission red shift from 532 to 570 nm, although NBD-TAEE is not a ratiometric fluorescent sensor due to its emission band being overlaid by the Hg2+-induced band. The instant and reversible turn-on'' Hg2+ response, fine cell permeability and cell imaging ability display its potential application in both environmental and Hg2+-polluted biological samples. Its analogue without the ethylene spacer, NBD-TAE, possesses the higher quantum yield and very poor Hg2+ binding ability. Their different emission behavior and sensing ability suggest that the spacer is quite essential for sensor construction.
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