Selective and sensitive turn-on fluorescent sensing of arsenite based on cysteine fused tetraphenylethene with AIE characteristics in aqueous media

Baglan M., Atilgan S.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, vol.49, no.46, pp.5325-5327, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 49 Issue: 46
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1039/c3cc42238k
  • Title of Journal : CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
  • Page Numbers: pp.5325-5327

Abstract

Herein, a cysteine-functionalized derivative of TPE is presented as the first fluorescent organic dye for selective, label-free, sub-ppb level detection of As3+ in aqueous media by taking the advantage of the aggregation induced emission feature. Besides, the first discrimination between the most toxic As3+ and less toxic As5+ was obtained.