Issue 27, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Specific Hg2+-mediated perylene bisimide aggregation for highly sensitive detection ofcysteine†

Yi-Bin Ruan,a   Ai-Fang Li,a   Jin-Song Zhao,a   Jiang-Shan Shena  and  Yun-Bao Jiang*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and the MOE Key Laboratory of Analytical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
E-mail: ybjiang@xmu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Hg2+ was found to specifically induce the aggregation of perylene bisimide in a “thymine–Hg2+–thymine” binding motif and the resultant aggregates showed a highly selective and sensitive turn-on fluorescence response for cysteine, with a detection limit down to 9.6 nM.

Graphical abstract: Specific Hg2+-mediated perylene bisimide aggregation for highly sensitive detection of cysteine

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00630K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Mar 2010
Accepted
10 May 2010
First published
03 Jun 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 4938-4940

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Specific Hg2+-mediated perylene bisimide aggregation for highly sensitive detection of cysteine

Y. Ruan, A. Li, J. Zhao, J. Shen and Y. Jiang, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4938 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00630K

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