Fluorescence ratio sensing of alkali metal ions based on control of the intramolecular exciplex formation

Abstract

A new class of flourescent PET (photoinduced electron transfer) sensors for alkali metal cations, 1 shows a significant change of the monomer to the exciplex emissions upon complexation, allowing emission ratio sensing of alkali metal cations.

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