Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 410, Issue 7, Pages 2001-2009Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-0867-3
Keywords
Thiophenols; NIR fluorescence; Live cell imaging
Funding
- NSFC [21172065]
- Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2016JJ5005]
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The development of simple methods with high sensitivity and selectivity to differentiate toxic aromatic thiols (thiophenols) from aliphatic thiols (cysteine, homocysteine, and glutathione) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is of great significance. Herein, we report on the fabrication of a novel near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent sensor for rapid and highly selective detection of thiophenols through the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) mechanism. In the presence of the thiophenols, an obvious enhancement of NIR fluorescence at 658 nm could be visualized with the aid of nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) reaction. The sensor displays large Stokes shift (similar to 227 nm), fast response time (< 30 s), high sensitivity (similar to 8.3 nM), and good biocompatibility. Moreover, the as-prepared sensor possesses an excellent anti-interference feature even when other possible interferents exist (aliphatic thiols and H2S) and has been successfully utilized for thiophenol detection in both water samples and living cells.
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