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Lee LCC, Lo KKW. Shining New Light on Biological Systems: Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes for Bioimaging and Biosensing Applications. Chem Rev 2024; 124:8825-9014. [PMID: 39052606 PMCID: PMC11328004 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
Abstract
Luminescence imaging is a powerful and versatile technique for investigating cell physiology and pathology in living systems, making significant contributions to life science research and clinical diagnosis. In recent years, luminescent transition metal complexes have gained significant attention for diagnostic and therapeutic applications due to their unique photophysical and photochemical properties. In this Review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the recent development of luminescent transition metal complexes for bioimaging and biosensing applications, with a focus on transition metal centers with a d6, d8, and d10 electronic configuration. We elucidate the structure-property relationships of luminescent transition metal complexes, exploring how their structural characteristics can be manipulated to control their biological behavior such as cellular uptake, localization, biocompatibility, pharmacokinetics, and biodistribution. Furthermore, we introduce the various design strategies that leverage the interesting photophysical properties of luminescent transition metal complexes for a wide variety of biological applications, including autofluorescence-free imaging, multimodal imaging, organelle imaging, biological sensing, microenvironment monitoring, bioorthogonal labeling, bacterial imaging, and cell viability assessment. Finally, we provide insights into the challenges and perspectives of luminescent transition metal complexes for bioimaging and biosensing applications, as well as their use in disease diagnosis and treatment evaluation.
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- Lawrence Cho-Cheung Lee
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- Laboratory for Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Limited, Units 1503-1511, 15/F, Building 17W, Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Wu M, Zhang Z, Yong J, Schenk PM, Tian D, Xu ZP, Zhang R. Determination and Imaging of Small Biomolecules and Ions Using Ruthenium(II) Complex-Based Chemosensors. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2022; 380:29. [PMID: 35695976 PMCID: PMC9192387 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-022-00392-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Luminescence chemosensors are one of the most useful tools for the determination and imaging of small biomolecules and ions in situ in real time. Based on the unique photo-physical/-chemical properties of ruthenium(II) (Ru(II)) complexes, the development of Ru(II) complex-based chemosensors has attracted increasing attention in recent years, and thus many Ru(II) complexes have been designed and synthesized for the detection of ions and small biomolecules in biological and environmental samples. In this work, we summarize the research advances in the development of Ru(II) complex-based chemosensors for the determination of ions and small biomolecules, including anions, metal ions, reactive biomolecules and amino acids, with a particular focus on binding/reaction-based chemosensors for the investigation of intracellular analytes' evolution through luminescence analysis and imaging. The advances, challenges and future research directions in the development of Ru(II) complex-based chemosensors are also discussed.
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- Miaomiao Wu
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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Ruthenium(II) Complexes with (3-Polyamino)phenanthrolines: Synthesis and Application in Sensing of Cu(II) Ions. CHEMOSENSORS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors10020079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This work deals with the development of water-soluble optical sensors based on ruthenium(II) tris(diimine) complexes that exhibit high molar absorptivity and are emissive in aqueous media. Palladium-catalyzed arylation of polyamines with 3-bromo-1,10-phenanthroline (Brphen) and [Ru(bpy)2(Brphen)](PF6)2 (bpy = 2,2’-bipyridine) was explored to prepare Ru2+ complexes with 1,10-phenanthrolines (phen) substituted by linear polyamines (PAs) at position 3 of the heterocycle ([Ru(bpy)2(phen⎼PA)](PF6)2). The most convenient synthetic pathway leading to the target molecular probes includes the preparation of phen⎼PA ligands, followed by ruthenium complexation using cis-Ru(bpy)2Cl2. Complexes bearing a polyamine chain directly linked to phenanthroline core are emissive in aqueous media and their quantum yields are comparable to that of parent [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2. Their structure can be easily adapted for detection of various analytes by modification of amine groups. As an example, we prepared the emissive complex Ru(N2P2phen) which is suitable for the dual channel (spectrophotometry and luminescence (ON–OFF probe)) selective detection of Cu2+ ions at the physiological pH levels with limits of detection (LOD) by spectrophotometry and fluorescence spectroscopy equal to 9 and 6 μM, respectively, that is lower than the action level in drinking water for copper as prescribed by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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Zhang X, Wu Z, Xu JY, Li WX, Li XL. Synthesis, structures and naked-eye phosphorescence of 2-(6-Methoxynaphthyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline-Cu(I) complexes. Polyhedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Kan C, Song F, Shao X, Wu L, Zhu J. Fe(III) induced fluorescent probe based on triamine and rhodamine derivatives and its applications in biological imaging. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.112306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Wang Y, Li B, Song X, Shen R, Wang D, Yang Y, Feng Y, Cao C, Zhang G, Liu W. Mito-Specific Ratiometric Terbium(III)-Complex-Based Luminescent Probe for Accurate Detection of Endogenous Peroxynitrite by Time-Resolved Luminescence Assay. Anal Chem 2019; 91:12422-12427. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Yingzhe Wang
- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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Zong L, Wang C, Song Y, Hu J, Li Q, Li Z. A fluorescent and colorimetric probe based on naphthalene diimide and its high sensitivity towards copper ions when used as test strips. RSC Adv 2019; 9:12675-12680. [PMID: 35515819 PMCID: PMC9063665 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01122f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Herein, a red fluorescent and colorimetric probe (NDI-Py) based on naphthalene diimide was designed and synthesized, which exhibited rapid response, high sensitivity and selectivity towards copper ions, and the detection limit was as low as 0.97 μM in solution. Furthermore, NDI-Py demonstrated a strong red emission in the aggregated state because of its non-planar structure. Thus, it can act as a test strip to conveniently monitor copper ions with the detection limit as low as 2.0 μM. A red fluorescent and colorimetric probe (NDI-Py) exhibited high selectivity and sensitivity towards copper ions both in solution and on silica gel plates.![]()
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- Luyi Zong
- Department of Chemistry
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- China
- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering
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- Department of Chemistry
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- China
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Zhang C, Liu M, Liu S, Yang H, Zhao Q, Liu Z, He W. Phosphorescence Lifetime Imaging of Labile Zn 2+ in Mitochondria via a Phosphorescent Iridium(III) Complex. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:10625-10632. [PMID: 30102519 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Phosphorescence lifetime Zn2+ imaging possesses the advantage over normal fluorescence imaging in offering the more accurate temporal-spatial Zn2+ information. Herein, we report a new phosphorescent cyclometalated Ir(III) complex with a Zn2+-chelator bearing 1,10-phenanthrolin acting as ancillary ligand, Zin-IrDPA, which displays the specific Zn2+-induced enhancement of phosphorescence and phosphorescence lifetime, and the mitochondria-targeting ability. Moreover, its Zn2+-induced phosphorescence lifetime enhancement factor is not affected by medium lipophilicity, viscosity, polarity, and especially ambient oxygen. The reversible tracking of introduced exogenous labile Zn2+ in MCF-7 and HeLa cells via phosphorescence imaging and phosphorescence lifetime imaging (PLIM) have been realized with Zin-IrDPA. Moreover, PLIM with Zin-IrDPA is able to track the SNOC-stimulated endogenous Zn2+ release in mitochondria.
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- Changli Zhang
- School of Environmental Science , Nanjing Xiaozhuang College , Nanjing 211171 , PR China
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- School of Environmental Science , Nanjing Xiaozhuang College , Nanjing 211171 , PR China
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- School of Environmental Science , Nanjing Xiaozhuang College , Nanjing 211171 , PR China
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- School of Environmental Science , Nanjing Xiaozhuang College , Nanjing 211171 , PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) , Nanjing 210023 , PR China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM) , Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , Nanjing 211816 , PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093 , PR China
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Zhang KY, Yu Q, Wei H, Liu S, Zhao Q, Huang W. Long-Lived Emissive Probes for Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Bioimaging and Biosensing. Chem Rev 2018; 118:1770-1839. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 479] [Impact Index Per Article: 79.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Kenneth Yin Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
- Shaanxi
Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi’an 710072, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced
Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for
Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211800, P. R. China
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Abstract
Phosphorescence is a phenomenon of delayed luminescence that corresponds to the radiative decay of the molecular triplet state. As a general property of molecules, phosphorescence represents a cornerstone problem of chemical physics due to the spin prohibition of the underlying triplet-singlet emission and because its analysis embraces a deep knowledge of electronic molecular structure. Phosphorescence is the simplest physical process which provides an example of spin-forbidden transformation with a characteristic spin selectivity and magnetic field dependence, being the model also for more complicated chemical reactions and for spin catalysis applications. The bridging of the spin prohibition in phosphorescence is commonly analyzed by perturbation theory, which considers the intensity borrowing from spin-allowed electronic transitions. In this review, we highlight the basic theoretical principles and computational aspects for the estimation of various phosphorescence parameters, like intensity, radiative rate constant, lifetime, polarization, zero-field splitting, and spin sublevel population. Qualitative aspects of the phosphorescence phenomenon are discussed in terms of concepts like structure-activity relationships, donor-acceptor interactions, vibronic activity, and the role of spin-orbit coupling under charge-transfer perturbations. We illustrate the theory and principles of computational phosphorescence by highlighting studies of classical examples like molecular nitrogen and oxygen, benzene, naphthalene and their azaderivatives, porphyrins, as well as by reviewing current research on systems like electrophosphorescent transition metal complexes, nucleobases, and amino acids. We furthermore discuss modern studies of phosphorescence that cover topics of applied relevance, like the design of novel photofunctional materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), photovoltaic cells, chemical sensors, and bioimaging.
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- Gleb Baryshnikov
- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, Royal Institute of Technology , SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.,Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University , 18031 Cherkasy, Ukraine
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, Royal Institute of Technology , SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.,Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University , 18031 Cherkasy, Ukraine
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, Royal Institute of Technology , SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry, Siberian Federal University , Svobodny pr. 79, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Mohandoss S, Stalin T. A new fluorescent PET sensor probe for Co2+ ion detection: computational, logic device and living cell imaging applications. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra27497h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A new probe, 2 exhibit quenching with Co2+ (∼80% at 634 nm) while 2·Co2+ ensemble exhibit enhancement with NO3− (∼82% at 632.5 nm). On–Off–On behavior of 2 (Co2+ and NO3− ions) the function of a sequential XNOR gate and can be utilized in live cell imaging.
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- Sonaimuthu Mohandoss
- Department of Industrial Chemistry
- School of Chemical Sciences
- Alagappa University
- Karaikudi-630 003
- India
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry
- School of Chemical Sciences
- Alagappa University
- Karaikudi-630 003
- India
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Alreja P, Kaur N. Recent advances in 1,10-phenanthroline ligands for chemosensing of cations and anions. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00150e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This review encompasses and highlights recent developments of 1,10-phenanthroline ligands behaving as a customized moiety used in recognition and sensing of cations and anions.
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- Priya Alreja
- Department of Chemistry
- Panjab University
- Chandigarh 160014
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Panjab University
- Chandigarh 160014
- India
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