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1State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, PR China.
Abstract:
A novel colorimetric and ratiometric NIR fluorescent probe for Hg2+ was designed and synthesized based on a coumarin-benzopyrylium platform. The ring-open form of the probe exhibits NIR absorption (670 nm) and emission (720 nm). The probe shows high sensitivity, high selectivity and rapid response (30 s) to Hg2+. The detection limit was as low as 6.94 nM. The probe shows high stability in a wide pH range from 2 to 10. Moreover, the probe can be employed for detecting Hg2+ in food and biological samples.
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