Issue 17, 2024

Converging optical and electrochemical detection strategies for multimodal hydrazine sensing: insights into substituent-driven diverse response

Abstract

A pair of pyrene-based chalcogen derivatives have been developed, which demonstrate multimodal ratiometric response towards hydrazine. Although these probes share a common pyrene core and differ primarily in the electronic nature of their terminal side arms, they display distinct photophysical properties. Notably, both probes undergo significant spectral changes upon the addition of hydrazine, but probe 1 exhibits a more pronounced interaction (∼5-fold fluorescence enhancement) than probe 2, attributed to the higher level of aggregation in probe 2, rendering the binding site less accessible to the incoming analyte. Additionally, we have explored electrochemical techniques, including cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), for hydrazine detection. Our molecular design strategy relies on ratiometric-responsive specific cyclization triggered by hydrazine, leading to the disruption of the π-conjugated system and the subsequent suppression of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) processes, along with dis-assembly of the aggregated probe molecules. These probes enable the nakеd-eye detection of hydrazine, with a low detection limit of 7.33 ppb and 7.58 ppb for probe 1 and 2, respectively. Furthermore, we have investigated cost-effective probe-coatеd paper strips for the detection of hydrazine in water.

Graphical abstract: Converging optical and electrochemical detection strategies for multimodal hydrazine sensing: insights into substituent-driven diverse response

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Jan 2024
Accepted
08 Mar 2024
First published
11 Mar 2024

Anal. Methods, 2024,16, 2643-2653

Converging optical and electrochemical detection strategies for multimodal hydrazine sensing: insights into substituent-driven diverse response

R. S. Fernandes, S. D. Vasistha, R. K. Singh, S. Goel and N. Dey, Anal. Methods, 2024, 16, 2643 DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00063C

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