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Qualitative Identification of Carboxylic Acids, Boronic Acids, and Amines Using Cruciform Fluorophores
Published on: August 19, 2013
Multiple fluorescence ΔCIE and ΔRGB codes for sensing volatile organic compounds with a wide range of responses
Kaijun Tian1, Dehui Hu, Rui Hu
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A highly luminescent compound, stilbene-2,4-dimethyl-6-(1,2,2,4-tetramethyl-1,2-dihydroquinolin-6-yl)-1,3,5-s-triazine (MQT), exhibits solvent polarity-induced emission enhancement. A fluorescent sensor array was fabricated with MQT and porous polymer substrates. The colorimetric changes of the array exposed to VOCs can be readily distinguished by the naked eye. Post-processing procedures proved the high selectivity of the array for VOCs.
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