A new squaraine and Hg2+-based chemosensor with tunable measuring range for thiol-containing amino acids

Chao Luo; Qianxiong Zhou; Baowen Zhang; Xuesong Wang

doi:10.1039/C0NJ00696C

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A new squaraine and Hg²⁺-based chemosensor with tunable measuring range for thiol-containing amino acids†

Chao Luo,^a Qianxiong Zhou,^a Baowen Zhang^a and Xuesong Wang*^a

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Abstract

A new squaraine, that undergoes absorption and fluorescence bleaching upon binding Hg²⁺, can serve as a turn-on colorimetric or fluorescent chemosensor for thiol-containing amino acids, presenting tunable measuring range by changing the concentration of Hg²⁺.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0NJ00696C
Article type: Letter
Submitted: 10 Sep 2010
Accepted: 12 Oct 2010
First published: 01 Nov 2010

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New J. Chem., 2011,35, 45-48

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C. Luo, Q. Zhou, B. Zhang and X. Wang, New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 45 DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00696C

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