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Saha S, Paul S, Debnath R, Dey N, Biswas B. AIE active fluorescent organic nanoparticles based optical detection of Cu 2+ ions in pure water: a case of aggregation-disaggregation reversibility. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2024; 16:1058-1068. [PMID: 38270504 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay02070c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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An AIE-active pyrene-terpyridine derivative, (4'-(pyren-1-yl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine) (1) was found to form nanoaggregate in an aqueous medium. The probe involved hydrogen bonding with solvent molecules that modulated the charge transfer behavior and consequently resulted in different spectroscopic behavior due to the formation of fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONs). In the presence of Cu2+ ions, FONs displayed a ratiometric red shift of the absorption band (360 to 420 nm) accompanied by a prominent naked-eye color change from colorless to light yellow. With a gradual increase in water content, 1 displayed a huge red shift of the emission band (430 to 475 nm) denoting its switching from monomer to FONs. In the presence of Cu2+, the 475 nm emission band of FONs gradually diminished, facilitating the micromolar scale detection of Cu2+ (LOD = 8.57 μM) in a 100% aqueous medium with a fluorogenic color change from cyan to dark. The SEM and DLS data indicated the cation-induced disaggregation of FONs, which was further confirmed by mass spectral analysis and electron paramagnetic resonance measurement. In addition, the high selectivity of FONs towards Cu2+ ions over other potential cations and the 2 : 1 (1-Cu2+) binding stoichiometry were also determined. Moreover, the spectroscopic behavior of the monomeric amphiphilic probe was well supported by extensive DFT study. Such detection of Cu2+ ions in pure aqueous medium denoting an aggregation-disaggregation event is very rare in the literature.
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- Subhajit Saha
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling 734013, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Shameerpet, Hyderabad-500078, Telangana, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling 734013, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Shameerpet, Hyderabad-500078, Telangana, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling 734013, India.
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Chettri B, Jha S, Dey N. Unique CT emission from Aryl Terpyridine Nanoparticles in Aqueous Medium: A Combined Effect of Excited State Hydrogen bonding and Conformational Planarization. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Jha S, Kumari N, Chettri B, Dey N. Monitoring Local pH of Membranous Aggregates via Ratiometric Color Changing Response. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202200208. [PMID: 35411999 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A series of oxidized di(indolyl)arylmethanes (DIAM) with polyaromatic signaling moieties have been designed for monitoring local pH at interfacial region of surfactant aggregates, such as micelles and vesicles etc. The oxidized DIAMs show changes in solution color from red to yellow when incorporated in cationic surfactants (at pH 7.4) and yellow to reddish pink when exposed to negatively-charged surfactants (at pH 5.0). The changes in surface charge can influence the interfacial pH (distinct from bulk pH of the medium) of the surfactant aggregates. The mechanistic studies indicate the red-shifted absorption maxima observed in the presence of anionic amphiphiles (acidic local pH) was originated from the protonated species. On the contrary, maxima in the blue region, triggered by positively charged amphiphiles (basic local pH), can be attributed to the zwitterionic species. Such prototropic equilibrium affects charge transfer states of the molecules along with their self-assembly properties. Thus, it is evident that probes can predict as well as quantify the local pH change using the pseudophase ion exchange formalism. Also, the probes can detect the presence of anionic amphiphiles even when bound to phospholipid membranes.
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- Satadru Jha
- Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Chemistry, INDIA
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- Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Chemistry, INDIA
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- Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani - Hyderabad Campus, Chemistry department, Shameerpet, 500078, Hyderabad, INDIA
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Raja SO, Sivaraman G, Biswas S, Singh G, Kalim F, Kandaswamy P, Gulyani A. A Tunable Palette of Molecular Rotors Allows Multicolor, Ratiometric Fluorescence Imaging and Direct Mapping of Mitochondrial Heterogeneity. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:4361-4372. [PMID: 35006848 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Environment-sensitive molecular probes offer the potential for a comprehensive mapping of the complex cellular milieu. We present here a radically new strategy of multiplexing highly sensitive, spectrally tuned fluorescent dyes for sensing cellular microenvironment. To achieve this multicolor, ratiometric cellular imaging, we first developed a series of highly sensitive, tunable molecular rotors for mitochondrial imaging, with emission wavelengths spanning the visible spectrum. These fluorogenic merocyanine dyes are all sensitive to solvent viscosity despite distinctive photophysical features. Our results show that merocyanine dyes can show a rotor-like behavior despite significant changes to the conventional donor-acceptor or push-pull scaffolds, thereby revealing conserved features of rotor dye chemistry. Developing closely related but spectrally separated dyes that have distinct response functions allows us to do ″two-color, two-dye″ imaging of the mitochondrial microenvironment. Our results with multidye, combinatorial imaging provide a direct visualization of the intrinsic heterogeneity of the mitochondrial microenvironment. The overall mitochondrial microenvironment (including contributions from local membrane order) as reported through two-color fluorescence ″ratio″ changes of multiplexed rotor dyes shows dynamic heterogeneity with distinct spatiotemporal signatures that evolve over time and respond to chemical perturbations. Our results offer a powerful illustration of how multiplexed dye imaging allows the quantitative imaging of mitochondrial membrane order and cellular microenvironment.
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- Sufi O Raja
- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India.,Department of Physics, Duke University, 124 Science Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India.,Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu 624302, India
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- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India
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- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India
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- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India.,National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India
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- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India
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- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, India.,Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Central University Post, Prof. C.R. Rao, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telengana 500046, India
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Zumbuehl A. Artificial Phospholipids and Their Vesicles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:10223-10232. [PMID: 30278137 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Phospholipids are at the heart and origin of life on this planet. The possibilities in terms of phospholipid self-assembly and biological functions seem limitless. Nonetheless, nature exploits only a small fraction of the available chemical space of phospholipids. Using chemical synthesis, artificial phospholipid structures become accessible, and the study of their biophysics may reveal unprecedented properties. In this article, the recent advances by our work group in the field of chemical lipidology are summarized. The family of diamidophospholipids is discussed in detail from monolayer characterization to the formation of faceted vesicles, culminating in the template-free self-assembly of phospholipid cubes and the possible applications of vesicle origami in modern personalized medicine.
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- Andreas Zumbuehl
- Department of Chemistry , University of Fribourg , Chemin du Musée 9 , 1700 Fribourg , Switzerland
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Maiti B, Dey N, Bhattacharya S. Engaging Dynamic Surfactant Assemblies in Improving Metal Ion Sensitivity of a 1,4,7-Triazacyclononane-Based Receptor: Differential Optical Response for Cysteine and Histidine. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 2:2365-2373. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Bappa Maiti
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
- School of Applied & Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
- School of Applied & Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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