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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 223-234Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200800888
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi
- Nanoscience and Technology Initiative of the DST, Govt. of India
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A highly ordered 2D-hexagonal mesoporous silica material is functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. This organically modified mesoporous material is grafted with a dialdehyde fluorescent chromophore, 4-methyl-2,6-diformyl phenol. Powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, N-2 sorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and UV-visible absorption and emission have been employed to characterize the material. This material shows excellent selective Zn2+ sensing, which is due to the fluorophore moiety present at its surface. Fluorescence measurements reveal that the emission intensity of the Zn2+-bound mesoporous material increases significantly upon addition of various concentrations of Zn2+, while the introduction of other biologically relevant (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, and K+) and environmentally hazardous transition-metal Ions results in either unchanged or weakened intensity. The enhancement of fluorescence is attributed to the strong covalent binding of Zn2+, evident from the large binding constant value (0.87 x 10(4) M-1). Thus, this functionalized mesoporous material grafted with the fluorescent chromophore could monitor or recognize Zn2+ from a mixture of ions that contains Zn2+ even in trace amounts and can be considered as a selective fluorescent probe. We have examined the application of this mesoporous zinc(II) sensor to cultured living cells (A375 human melanoma and human cervical cancer cell, HeLa) by fluorescence microscopy.
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