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Saleem M, Hanif M, Rafiq M, Ali A, Raza H, Kim SJ, Lu C. Recent Development on Sensing Strategies for Small Molecules Detections. J Fluoresc 2024; 34:1493-1525. [PMID: 37644375 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-023-03387-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Sensors play a critical role in the detection and monitoring of various substances present in our environment, providing us with valuable information about the world around us. Within the field of sensor development, one area that holds particular importance is the detection of small molecules. Small molecules encompass a wide range of organic or inorganic compounds with low molecular weight, typically below 900 Daltons including gases, volatile organic compounds, solvents, pesticides, drugs, biomarkers, toxins, and pollutants. The accurate and efficient detection of these small molecules has attracted significant interest from the scientific community due to its relevance in diverse fields such as environmental pollutants monitoring, medical diagnostics, industrial optimization, healthcare remedies, food safety, ecosystems, and aquatic and terrestrial life preservation. To meet the demand for precise and efficient monitoring of small molecules, this summary aims to provide an overview of recent advancements in sensing and quantification strategies for various organic small molecules including Hydrazine, Glucose, Morpholine, Ethanol amine, Nitrosamine, Oxygen, Nitro-aromatics, Phospholipids, Carbohydrates, Antibiotics, Pesticides, Drugs, Adenosine Triphosphate, Aromatic Amine, Glutathione, Hydrogen Peroxide, Acetone, Methyl Parathion, and Thiophenol. The focus is on understanding the receptor sensing mechanism, along with the electrical, optical, and electrochemical response. Additionally, the variations in UV-visible spectral properties of the ligands upon treatment with the receptor, fluorescence and absorption titration analysis for limit of detection (LOD) determination, and bioimaging analysis are discussed wherever applicable. It is anticipated that the information gathered from this literature survey will be helpful for the perusal of innovation regarding sensing strategies.
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- Muhammad Saleem
- Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
- Department of Chemistry, Thal University Bhakkar, Punjab, 30000, Bhakkar, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, GC University Faisalabad, Sub Campus Layyah-31200, Layyah, Pakistan
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- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, 6300, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur, 10250, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, Kongju, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, Kongju, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textiles, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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Hashemzadeh T, Christofferson AJ, White KF, Barnard PJ. Experimental and theoretical studies of pH-responsive iridium(III) complexes of azole and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:8478-8493. [PMID: 38687288 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03766e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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A series of nine luminescent iridium(III) complexes with pH-responsive imidazole and benzimidazole ligands have been prepared and characterized. The first series of complexes were of the form [Ir(ppy)2(N^N)]+ or [Ir(ppy)2(C^N)]+ (where ppy is 2-phenylpyridine and N^N is 2-(2-pyridyl)imidazole or 2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazole and C^N represents a pyridyl-triazolylidene-based N-heterocyclic carbene ligand). For these complexes, the benzimidazole group was either unsubstituted or substituted with electron-withdrawing (Cl) or electron-donating (Me) groups. The second series of complexes were of the form [Ir(phbim)2(N^N)]+ or [Ir(phbim)2(C^N)]+ (where phbim is 2-phenylbenzimidazole and N^N is either 2,2'-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline and C^N is either a pyridyl-imidazolylidene or pyridyl-triazolylidene N-heterocyclic carbene ligand). UV-visible and photoluminescence pH titration studies showed that changing the protonation state of these complexes results in significant changes in the photoluminescence emission properties. The pKa values of prepared complexes were estimated from the spectroscopic pH titration data and these values show that the nature of the pH-sensitive ligands (either main or ancillary ligands) resulted in a significant capacity to modulate the pKa values for these compounds with values ranging from 5.19-11.22. Theoretical investigations into the nature of the electronic transitions for the different protonation states of compounds were performed and the results were consistent with the experimental results.
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- Tahmineh Hashemzadeh
- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria, 3086, Australia.
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria, 3086, Australia.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria, 3086, Australia.
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Ahmed GE, Elshahid ZA, El-Sawy ER, Abdel-Aziz MS, Abdel-Aziem A. Synthesis, biofilm formation inhibitory, and inflammation inhibitory activities of new coumarin derivatives. Sci Rep 2024; 14:9106. [PMID: 38643226 PMCID: PMC11032357 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59072-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024] Open
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Coumarins are heterocycles of great interest in the development of valuable active structures in chemistry and biological domains. The ability of coumarins to inhibit biofilm formation of Gram positive bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus), Gram negative bacterium (Escherichia coli) as well as the methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has been previously described. In the present work, new hybrid coumarin-heterocycles have been synthesized via the reaction of coumarin-6-sulfonyl chloride and 6-aminocoumarin with different small heterocycle moieties. The biological efficacy of the new compounds was evaluated towards their ability to inhibit biofilm formation and their anti-inflammatory properties. The antimicrobial activities of the newly synthesized compounds were tested against Gram positive bacterium (S. aureus ATCC 6538), Gram negative bacterium (E. coli ATCC 25922), yeast (Candida albicans ATCC 10231) and the fungus (Aspergillus niger NRRL-A326). Compounds 4d, 4e, 4f, 6a and 9 showed significant MIC and MBC values against S. aureus, E. coli, C. albicans, and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) with especial incidence on compound 9 which surpasses all the other compounds giving MIC and MBC values of (4.88 and 9.76 µg/mL for S. aureus), (78.13 and 312.5 µg/mL for E. coli), (9.77 and 78.13 µg/mL for C. albicans), and (39.06 and 76.7 µg/mL for MRSA), respectively. With reference to the antibiofilm activity, compound 9 exhibited potent antibiofilm activity with IC50 of 60, 133.32, and 19.67 µg/mL against S. aureus, E. coli, and MRSA, (respectively) considering the reference drug (neomycin). Out of all studied compounds, the anti-inflammatory results indicated that compound 4d effectively inhibited nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharide-(LPS-) stimulated RAW264.7 macrophage cells, giving NO% inhibition of 70% compared to Sulindac (55.2%).
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- Ghada E Ahmed
- High Canal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Suez, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt
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- Microbial Chemistry Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science (Girl's Branch), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, 11754, Egypt.
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Debia NP, Muller JM, Gonçalves PFB, Rodembusch FS, Lüdtke DS. Effective enantioselective recognition by steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy: Towards a paradigm shift to optical sensors with unusual chemical architecture. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 294:122526. [PMID: 36868019 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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A series of amino acid-derived 1,2,3-triazoles presenting the amino acid residue and the benzazole fluorophore connected by a triazole-4-carboxylate spacer was studied for enantioselective recognition using only steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy in solution. In this investigation, the optical sensing was performed with D-(-) and L-(+)-Arabinose and (R)-(-) and (S)-(+)-Mandelic acid as chiral analytes. The optical sensors showed specific interactions with each pair of enantiomers, allowing photophysical responses, which were used for their enantioselective recognition. DFT calculations confirm the specific interaction between the fluorophores and the analytes corroborating the observed high enantioselectivity of these compounds with the studied enantiomers. Finally, this study investigated nontrivial sensors for chiral molecules by a mechanism different than turn-on fluorescence and has the potential to broad chiral compounds with fluorophoric units as optical sensors for enantioselective sensing.
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- Natalí P Debia
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Geng F, Liu X, Wei T, Wang Z, Liu J, Shao C, Liu G, Xu M, Feng L. An alkaline phosphatase-induced immunosensor for SARS-CoV-2 N protein and cardiac troponin I based on the in situ fluorogenic self-assembly between N-heterocyclic boronic acids and alizarin red S. SENSORS AND ACTUATORS. B, CHEMICAL 2023; 378:133121. [PMID: 36514318 PMCID: PMC9731814 DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.133121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)-induced in situ fluorescent immunosensor is less investigated and reported. Herein, a high-performance ALP-labeled in situ fluorescent immunoassay platform was constructed. The developed platform was based on a fluorogenic self-assembly reaction between pyridineboronic acid (PyB(OH)2) and alizarin red S (ARS). We first used density functional theory (DFT) to theoretically calculate the changes of Gibbs free energy of the used chemicals before and after the combination and simulated the electrostatic potential on its' surfaces. The free ARS and PyB(OH)2 exist alone, neither emits no fluorescence. However, the ARS/PyB(OH)2 complex emits strong fluorescence, which could be effectively quenched by PPi based on the stronger affinity between PPi and PyB(OH)2 than that of ARS and PyB(OH)2. PyB(OH)2 coordinated with ARS again in the presence of ALP due to the ALP-catalyzed hydrolysis of PPi, and correspondingly, the fluorescence was restored. We chose cTnI and SARS-CoV-2 N protein as the model antigen to construct ALP-induced immunosensor, which exhibited a wide dynamic range of 0-175 ng/mL for cTnI and SARS-CoV-2 N protein with a low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.03 ng/mL and 0.17 ng/mL, respectively. Moreover, the proposed immunosensor was used to evaluate cTnI and SARS-CoV-2 N protein level in serum with satisfactory results. Consequently, the method laid the foundation for developing novel fluorescence-based ALP-labeled ELISA technologies in the early diagnosis of diseases.
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- Fenghua Geng
- Key Laboratory of Coal Processing & Efficient Utilization of Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center of Coal Preparation & Purification; School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition & Sensing, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing & Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, 476000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Chemistry & Material Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Processing & Efficient Utilization of Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center of Coal Preparation & Purification; School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Chemistry & Material Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, China
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- College of Chemistry & Material Science, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Recognition & Sensing, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing & Early Diagnosis of Major Diseases, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, 476000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Processing & Efficient Utilization of Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center of Coal Preparation & Purification; School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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Yao CY, Lin HY, Morgenfurt P, Keyes TE, de Silva AP. Multiple Molecular Logic Gate Arrays in One System of (2-(2’-Pyridyl)imidazole)Ru(II) Complexes and Trimeric Cyclophanes in Water. Chem Sci 2022; 13:10856-10867. [PMID: 36320709 PMCID: PMC9491216 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03617g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Shape-switchable cyclophane hosts allow the controlled capture and release of reactive polypyridineRu(ii) complexes in water. This gives rise to a network of host–guest binding, acid–base reactions in ground and excited states, and chemical redox interconversions. In the case of (2-(2′-pyridyl)imidazole)Ru(ii) complexes, several molecular logic gate arrays of varying complexity emerge as a result. Cyclophane-induced ‘off–on’ switching of luminescence in neutral solution is found to originate from two features of these aromatic hosts: enhancement of radiative decay by the polarizable host and the suppression of nonradiative decay involving deprotonation by reducing the water content within the deep host cavity. These are examples of nanometric coordination chemistry/physics being controlled by inclusion in an open box. The aromatic units of the macrocycle are also responsible for the shape-switching mechanism of wall collapse/erection. Transactions of a polypyridineRu(ii) complex with photons, protons and shape-switchable hosts show several types of molecular logic.![]()
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- Chao-Yi Yao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University Dublin 9 Ireland
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University Dublin 9 Ireland
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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Carrod AJ, Graglia F, Male L, Le Duff C, Simpson P, Elsherif M, Ahmed Z, Butt H, Xu GX, Kam-Wing Lo K, Bertoncello P, Pikramenou Z. Photo- and Electrochemical Dual-Responsive Iridium Probe for Saccharide Detection. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103541. [PMID: 34811834 PMCID: PMC9299874 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dual detection systems are of interest for rapid, accurate data collection in sensing systems and in vitro testing. We introduce an IrIII complex with a boronic acid receptor site attached to the 2‐phenylpyridine ligand as an ideal probe with photo‐ and electrochemical signals that is sensitive to monosaccharide binding in aqueous solution. The complex displays orange luminescence at 618 nm, which is reduced by 70 and 40 % upon binding of fructose and glucose, respectively. The electro‐chemiluminescent signal of the complex also shows a direct response to monosaccharide binding. The IrIII complex shows the same response upon incorporation into hydrogel matrices as in solution, thus demonstrating the potential of its integration into a device, as a nontoxic, simple‐to‐use tool to observe sugar binding over physiologically relevant pH ranges and saccharide concentrations. Moreover, the complex's luminescence is responsive to monosaccharide presence in cancer cells.
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- Andrew J Carrod
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Engineering, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Engineering, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Engineering, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Bazany-Rodríguez IJ, Salomón-Flores MK, Viviano-Posadas AO, García-Eleno MA, Barroso-Flores J, Martínez-Otero D, Dorazco-González A. Chemosensing of neurotransmitters with selectivity and naked eye detection of l-DOPA based on fluorescent Zn(ii)-terpyridine bearing boronic acid complexes. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:4255-4269. [DOI: 10.1039/d0dt04228e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new range of fluorescent Zn(ii)-terpyridine complexes are described and studied in-depth as chemosensors for catecholamine-based neurotransmitters in pure water.
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- Iván J. Bazany-Rodríguez
- Instituto de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria
- México
- Mexico
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- Instituto de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria
- México
- Mexico
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- Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable CCIQS UAEM-UNAM
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
- Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco Km 14.5
- Toluca
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- Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable
- UAEM-UNAM
- Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco Km 14.5
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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- Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable
- UAEM-UNAM
- Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco Km 14.5
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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- Instituto de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria
- México
- Mexico
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