A novel turn-on fluorescent probe for detection of pH in extremely acidic environment and its application
Wu Zhou1, Yuanjiang Pan1, Yuxuan Liu1
1School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Hubei, Jingzhou 434023, PR China.
Abstract:
A water-soluble turn-on fluorescent probe PNAP for pH has been designed and synthesized. PNAP was consist of pyrene as fluorophore and morpholine as receptor. Owing to the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) effect, the fluorescence of PNAP was quenched, while PNAP exhibited a remarkable "turn-on" fluorescence with the increase of acidity. Notably for its pKa of 2.15, PNAP was one of the pH fluorescent probes used in extremely acidic environments. Furthermore, PNAP also displayed good repeatability, strong anti-ion interference ability, high sensitivity and selectivity toward pH. In addition, PNAP has been successfully applied to the test strips and monitor the pH of environment water samples and realistic samples, showing its good promising prospect.
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