A simple chemosensor for Hg2+ and Cu2+ that works as a molecular keypad lock

Moorthy Suresh; Amrita Ghosh; Amitava Das

doi:10.1039/B807290F

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A simple chemosensor for Hg²⁺ and Cu²⁺ that works as a molecular keypad lock†

Moorthy Suresh,^a Amrita Ghosh^a and Amitava Das*^a

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Abstract

A new chemosensor which can detect Hg²⁺ in water and Hg²⁺/Cu²⁺ in acetonitrile and its application as a molecular keypad lock using Cu²⁺ and F⁻ as ionic inputs are demonstrated.

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Synthetic details, optical and fluorescence spectra of ANSE. Photographs showing the detectable color changes. Table revealing the excited state properties of ANSE and its complexes with Hg ²⁺ and Cu ²⁺, associated fluorescent decay traces, fluorescence spectra with different sequences of ionic inputs at different time intervals PDF (935K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B807290F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 29 Apr 2008
Accepted: 06 Jun 2008
First published: 30 Jun 2008

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Chem. Commun., 2008, 3906-3908

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