Issue 97, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Aggregation-induced emission fluorogens as biomarkers to assess the viability of microalgae in aquatic ecosystems†

Feng Guo,abc   Wei-Ping Gai,c   Yuning Hong,d   Ben Zhong Tang,e   Jianguang Qin*a  and  Youhong Tang*b  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide 5042, Australia
E-mail: jian.qin@flinders.edu.au

b Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Flinders University, Adelaide 5042, Australia
E-mail: youhong.tang@flinders.edu.au

c Department of Surgery, Centre for Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide 5042, Australia

d School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia

e Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Abstract

Microalgae can be a valuable indicator for monitoring water pollution due to their sensitivity to the changes induced by pollutants in the environment. In this study, an aggregation-induced emission fluorogen was used as a novel tool to differentiate dead and live microalgae and quantify the link between live algal concentration and fluorogen intensity. Protein in the cell protoplasm is the key component contributing to fluorescence emission in algae.

Graphical abstract: Aggregation-induced emission fluorogens as biomarkers to assess the viability of microalgae in aquatic ecosystems

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC07012K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Aug 2015
Accepted
29 Sep 2015
First published
29 Sep 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 17257-17260

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Aggregation-induced emission fluorogens as biomarkers to assess the viability of microalgae in aquatic ecosystems

F. Guo, W. Gai, Y. Hong, B. Z. Tang, J. Qin and Y. Tang, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 17257 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC07012K

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