Recent advances in tin ion detection using fluorometric and colorimetric chemosensors

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New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 7309
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1-Adamantanamine-based triazole-appended organosilanes as chromogenic “naked-eye” and fluorogenic “turn-on” sensors for the highly selective detection of Sn2+ ions

Gurjaspreet Singh, Jashan Deep Kaur, Pawan, Diksha, Sushma, Suman, Shilpy, Pinky Satija and K. N. Singh

New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 7055
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A distinctive and proficient fluorescent switch for ratiometric recognition of the menacing cyanide ion: biological studies on MDA-MB-231 cells

Amitav Biswas, Saswati Gharami, Atanu Maji, Subhabrata Guha, Gaurav Das, Rahul Naskar and Tapan Kumar Mondal

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16, 8010
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A fluorescent probe based on novel fused four ring quinoxalinamine for palladium detection and bio-imaging

Yong Zhang, Min Yang and Min Ji

New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 20434
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Absorption and anti-bacterial studies of an acetylene-functionalized Schiff base for detection of Sn(ii) and inhibition of E. coli

Gurjaspreet Singh, Pallavi Markan, Navneet Kaur, Sofia Gupta, Tamana, Pooja Malik, Subash Chandra Sahoo, Baljinder Singh Gill and Deepanjali Baliyan

New J. Chem., 2025, 49, 4256
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A triphenylamine scaffold for fluorogenic sensing of noxious cyanide via the ICT mechanism and its bioimaging application

Amitav Biswas, Rimi Mukherjee, Atanu Maji, Rahul Naskar, Krishnendu Aich, Nabendu Murmu and Tapan K. Mondal

Sens. Diagn., 2024, 3, 1201
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A biphenyl thiosemicarbazide based fluorogenic chemosensor for selective recognition of Cd2+: application in cell bioimaging

Amitav Biswas, Debarpan Mitra, Rahul Naskar, Atanu Maji, Akash Das, Nabendu Murmu and Tapan Kumar Mondal

Anal. Methods, 2023, 15, 2745
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Design, synthesis and photophysical aspects of 1,2,3-triazole appended Schiff base functionalized silanes and silatranes

Gurjaspreet Singh, Priyanka, Sushma, Diksha, Mohit, Suman, Jashan Deep Kaur, Anamika Saini and Pinky Satija

New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 17356
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Fe–Ni metal–organic frameworks with prominent peroxidase-like activity for the colorimetric detection of Sn2+ ions

Ye Hu, Chaochao Yue, Jing Wang, Yuhua Zhang, Wenhui Fang, Jiaqi Dang, Ying Wu, Hong Zhao and Zengxi Li

Analyst, 2020, 145, 6349
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Transition metallo-curcumin complexes: a new hope for endometriosis?

Apoorva Singh, Pooja Ghosh, Suranjana Mukherjee, Atul Kumar Ojha, Anita Hansda, Priyanka Choudhury, Subhash Halder, Sunita Sharma, Gayatri Mukherjee, Swagata Dasgupta and Koel Chaudhury

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 9682
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A novel bifunctional chemosensor for bioimaging in living cells with highly sensitive colorimetric and fluorescence detection of CN− and Al3+

Wentao Luo, Zhiyang Yuwen, Hui Li and Shouzhi Pu

New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 2411
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Designing the recognition of Sn2+ ions and antioxidants: N-heterocyclic organosilatranes and their magnetic nanocomposites

Gurjaspreet Singh, Diksha, Akshpreet Singh, Sanchita, Geetika Sharma, Shilpy, Pawan, Cristóbal Espinosa-Ruíz and María Angeles Esteban

New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 6238
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Sumanene–carbazole conjugate with push–pull structure and its chemoreceptor application

Dominika Ufnal, Jakub S. Cyniak, Maurycy Krzyzanowski, Krzysztof Durka, Hidehiro Sakurai and Artur Kasprzak

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22, 5117
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Fluorescent detection of multiple ions by two related chemosensors: structural elucidations and logic gate applications

Vijay Kumar, Pramod Kumar and Rajeev Gupta

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Citrate stabilised silver nanoparticles as sensing probe for in-situ Sn2+ ion determination

Jamil K. Salem, Issa M. El Nahhal and Mohammed H. Shurrab

International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 102, 844
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A novel di-(benzoyloxalohydrazide) and N,N-bis(2-piperazine-1-yl)ethyl)oxalamide based fluorescent sensors for Sn2+/Fe3+ ions, gelation properties and their utility in cell imaging

Parvathavarthini Murugaperumal, Praveena Rajendran, Kannan Subburaj, Sengottuvelan Nallathambi and Siva Ayyanar

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024, 398, 124335
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Highly sensitive ruthenium complex-based fluorescent probe for copper ion detection

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Tetrahedron, 2020, 76, 131526
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Cyclen-pyrene coupled fluorescent Indicator for selective detection of Sn2+ ions and its applications to bioimaging

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Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2025, 587, 122820
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon functionalized organosilocanes based chemosensors: Synthesis, magnetic nanoparticles and biological application

Gurjaspreet Singh, Shilpy, Akshpreeet Singh, Diksha, Pawan, Suman, Cristóbal Espinosa-Ruíz, Maria Angeles Esteban and K.N. Singh

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020, 1221, 128811
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Alkyne Allied Schiff‐Base Synthesis for the Tin(II) Detection via UV–Visible and Fluorescence Sensor Along With Their Cytotoxicity Assessment and Antibreast Cancer Activity Against 17Beta‐HSD1 Using Molecular Docking

Gurjaspreet Singh, Bhavana Rani, Harshbir Kaur, Cristobal Espinosa‐Ruíz, María Angeles Esteban, Necmi Dege, Nermin Kahveci Yagci and K. N. Singh

Applied Organom Chemis, 2025, 39
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Modulating the selectivity of a colorimetric sensor based on a Schiff base-functionalized diarylethene towards anions by judicious choice of solvent

Tingting Zhang, Chunhong Zheng, Shengzu Qu, Gang Liu and Shouzhi Pu

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2019, 375, 9
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A dual-mode fluorescent probe based on perylene for the detection of Sn2+

Xin-Lu Ye, Ping Li, Yu-Long Liu, Xiao-Min Liang and Liu Yang

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2021, 130, 108739
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A Mini Review on Carbazole Fluoroscent Chemosensors for the Detection of Cu (II) Ion: A Comprehensive Review

Qasim Ullah, Aram Rahman, Mohammad Arifuddin, Ira Khan, Nizamul Haque Ansari and Pathan Arif Ali Khan

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Structural elucidation and spectroscopic studies of acetyl substituted piperazine nucleus tethered with 4, 5-diaryl-1 H-imidazole scaffold: DNA binding, Cu2+and Sn2+ ions sensing and cytotoxicity

Praveena Rajendran, Parvathavarthini Murugaperumal, Gayathri Santhalingam, Sengottuvelan Nallathambi, Franc Perdih, Siva Ayyanar and Ashokkumar Balasubramaniem

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A dual-functional fluorescent sensor based on diarylethene for Zn2+ and Al3+ in different solvents

Zhen Wang, Shiqiang Cui, Shouyu Qiu and Shouzhi Pu

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2019, 376, 185
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Quantitative PCR overestimation of DNA in samples contaminated with tin

Dan Nana Osei Bonsu, Denice Higgins, Claire Simon, Corey S. Goodwin, Julianne M. Henry and Jeremy J. Austin

Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2023, 68, 1302
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A diarylethene based multi-functional sensor for fluorescent detection of Cd2+ and colorimetric detection of Cu2+

Hongling Liu, Shiqiang Cui, Fu Shi and Shouzhi Pu

Dyes and Pigments, 2019, 161, 34
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Chiral carbon dots-based nanosensors for Sn(II) detection and lysine enantiomers recognition

Pengli Gao, Zhigang Xie and Min Zheng

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020, 319, 128265
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A highly selective fluorescent probe for Cu2+ based on a diarylethene with a benzo[1,2,5]oxadiazol-4-ylamine Schiff base unit

Wendan Gao, Hui Li and Shouzhi Pu

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2018, 364, 208
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Synthesis and investigation of bis(phenyl)fluorene and carbazole appended dipodal Schiff base for fluorescence sensing towards Sn(II) ion and its regioselective polymerization

Feyza Kolcu, Süleyman Çulhaoğlu and İsmet Kaya

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2023, 441, 114665
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Synthesis and Characterization of Antioxidant Biphenyl Appended 1,2,3‐Triazoles as Potential Chemo‐Sensor for Sn2+ Ions: Excellent Selectivity and Low Detection Limit

Gurjaspreet Singh, Priyanka, Sushma, Pawan, Mohit, Pinky Satija, Maria Angeles Esteban, D. González‐Silvera and Cristóbal Espinosa‐Ruíz

ChemistrySelect, 2021, 6, 7613
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Persistent peroxidase mimics of graphene oxide anchored cerium molybdate sensor: An effective colorimetric detection of S2− and Sn2+ ions

Gajendar Singh, Amisha Kushwaha and Manu Sharma

Microchemical Journal, 2020, 153, 104290
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Microwave-induced synthesis of a new benzodiazepinone based chemosensor in chloroform under thermal agitation: a potential fluorescent sensor for multi-signaling detection of metal ions

Merangmenla and Amrit Puzari

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2020, 505, 119520
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A Novel Donor–Acceptor Fluorescent Sensor for Zn2+ with High Selectivity and its Application in Test Paper

Guorong Jiang, Fu Shi, Yanmei Jia, Shiqiang Cui and Shouzhi Pu

J Fluoresc, 2020, 30, 1567
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Preparation of a new fluorescence nanochemosensor for Sn(II) ions by a modified nanoprecipitation method

Reza Azadbakht, Mohammad Hakimi and Javad Khanabadi

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2021, 250, 119236
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Europium(III) complex fluorescent sensor for dual channel recognition of Sn2+ and Cu2+ ions in water

Xiao Wang, Huimin Song, Congbin Fan and Shouzhi Pu

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2021, 250, 119373
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Colorimetric assay of Sn(II) species via nitro-to-amine conversion of nitronaphthalimides

Ji Hye Baek, Myung Gil Choi, Na Yeong Kim and Suk-Kyu Chang

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019, 284, 562
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A novel coumarin-derived dithioacetal chemosensor for trace detection of Hg2+ in real water samples

Xing Ke, Yilei Fan, Jing Zhou and Zhongping Huang

Journal of Chemical Research, 2020, 44, 142
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Selective detection of metal ions, sulfites and glutathione with fluorescent pyrazolines: a review

Liviu Săcărescu, Andreea-Laura Chibac-Scutaru, Gheorghe Roman, Gabriela Săcărescu and Mihaela Simionescu

Environ Chem Lett, 2023, 21, 561
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Naphthoquinone-Dopamine Linked Colorimetric and Fluorescence Chemosensor for Selective Detection of Sn2+ Ion in Aqueous Medium and Its Bio-Imaging Applications

Palanisamy Ravichandiran, D. S. Prabakaran, Antony Paulraj Bella, Anna Boguszewska-Czubara, Maciej Masłyk, Krishnamoorthy Dineshkumar, Princy Merlin Johnson, Byung-Hyun Park, Myung-Kwan Han, Hwan Gyu Kim and Dong Jin Yoo

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020
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An AIE fluorescence probe for ratiometric and selective detection of Sn2+ based on proton transfer

Duo-Duo Hu, Guangnan Wei, Ping Yang, Dexin Fu and Kuiliang Li

Talanta, 2025, 293, 128078
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A highly branched macrocycle-based dual-channel sensor: Bodipy and pillar[5]arene combination for detection of Sn (II) &Hg (II) and bioimaging in living cells

Ahmed Nuri Kursunlu, Elif Bastug, Alev Oguz, Mehmet Oguz and Mustafa Yilmaz

Analytica Chimica Acta, 2022, 1196, 339542
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Fluorescent “OFF–ON” Sensors for the Detection of Sn2+ Ions Based on Amine-Functionalized Rhodamine 6G

Balamurugan Rathinam, Vajjiravel Murugesan and Bo-Tau Liu

Chemosensors, 2022, 10, 69
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Carbazole-based Schiff base: A sensitive fluorescent ‘turn-on’ chemosensor for recognition of Al(III) ions in aqueous-alcohol media

Feyza Kolcu and İsmet Kaya

Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 15, 103935
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Unprecedented isolation of a dinuclear tin (II) complex stabilized by pyridine‐2,6‐dimethanol: structure, DFT and in vitro screening of cytotoxic properties

Mantasha I., Md Kausar Raza, M. Shahid, Azaj Ansari, Musheer Ahmad and Ishaat M. Khan

Applied Organom Chemis, 2019, 33
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Systematic analysis of colorimetric and fluorescent sensors for the detection of tin ions

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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2023, 147, 104909
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An AIEE active 1, 8-naphthalimide- sulfamethizole probe for ratiometric ﬂuorescent detection of Hg2+ ions in aqueous media

Bahta Muzey and Ahmed Naseem

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2020, 391, 112354
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Phenylalanine-embedded carbazole-based fluorescent ‘turn-off’ chemosensor for the detection of metal ions

Om Shanker Tiwari, Varun Rawat, Sigal Rencus-Lazar and Ehud Gazit

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2025, 326, 125277
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Microwave-assisted synthesis of a novel steroid-derived Schiff base chemosensor for detection of Al3+ in aqueous media

Yu Chen

Journal of Chemical Research, 2020, 44, 750
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Stimuli-chromism of photoswitches in smart polymers: Recent advances and applications as chemosensors

Amin Abdollahi, Hossein Roghani-Mamaqani and Bahareh Razavi

Progress in Polymer Science, 2019, 98, 101149
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A novel diarylethene‐based fluorescence sensor with a benzohydrazide unit for the detection of Zn2+

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Highly Selective and Sensitive Ratiometric Detection of Sn2+ Ions Using NIR-Excited Rhodamine-B-Linked Upconversion Nanophosphors

Jitender Kumar and Indrajit Roy

ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 29840
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A highly sensitive fluorescent sensor for Cd2+ and Zn2+ based on diarylethene with a pyrene unit

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A high selective fluorescent sensor for Cu2+ in solution and test paper strips

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A novel 1,8-naphthalimide as highly selective naked-eye and ratiometric fluorescent sensor for detection of Hg2+ ions

Muzey Bahta and Naseem Ahmed

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2019, 373, 154
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Synthesis of biscarbazole derivative, detection of the “on-off” sensor property of Cu2+ by fluorimetry, and anti-cancer evaluation

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Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2024, 320, 124624
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Simple Colorimetric and Fluorescence Chemosensing Probe for Selective Detection of Sn2+ Ions in an Aqueous Solution: Evaluation of the Novel Sensing Mechanism and Its Bioimaging Applications

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A new fluorescence probe based on diarylethene with a benzothiazine unit for selective detection of Cd2+

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Tetrahedron, 2018, 74, 7431
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A photochromic diarylethene-functionalized fluorescent probe for Cd2+ and Zn2+ detections

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A highly selective fluorescent chemosensor for Cu2+ based on a diarylethene with a 2,1,3‐benzoxadiazole unit

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A Photoswitchable Colorimetric Sensor for Fluoride Based on a Dithienylethene Unit

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A highly selective fluorescent chemosensor for Mg2+ based on a diarylethene with a quinoxaline unit

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Bifunctional Cu2+/Fe3+ Probe with Independent Signal Outputs Based on a Photochromic Diarylethene with a Dansylhydrazine Unit

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ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 6597
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The effect of metal-chelate complex in Cu2SnS3 thin film solar cells and their characteristics, photovoltaic performance, and defect analysis

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A novel pyrene-based aggregation induced enhanced emission active Schiff base fluorophore as a selective “turn-on” sensor for Sn2+ ions and its application in lung adenocarcinoma cells

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Rod-like D-π-A-π-D Schiff base liquid crystal for continuous ion sensing, live cell imaging, fingerprint imaging and WLED

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Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2025, 337, 126090
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