Abstract
An electron donating carbazole incorporated thiazole (3) based Zn 2+ selective intrinsic chemosensor has been synthesized and investigated. It was found that electron donating substituents such as methyl and carbazole on chemosensor (1) produce remarkable red shift in emission upon complexation with Zn2+. The sensor shows a selective fluorescence response with Zn2+ over biologically relevant cations (Ca 2+, Mg2+, Na+, and K+) and biologically non-relevant cations (Cd2+, In3+ and Ga 3+) in an aqueous ethanol system. It also produce an enhancement in the quantum yield and a longer emission wavelength shift on Zn2+ binding with the potential of a ratiometric assay.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 273-279 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy |
| Volume | 105 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Mar 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the NRF grant funded by MEST in Korea ( NRF-2010-0010070 ). The Research Institute of Industrial Technology at Kyungpook National University also supported A.H.
Keywords
- Carbazole
- Chemosensor
- ESIPT
- Fluorescence
- Ratiometric sensing of Zn
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Instrumentation
- Spectroscopy