Carbazole incorporated ratiometric chemosensor for Zn2+

  • Aasif Helal
  • , Hong Seok Kim*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)273-279
Number of pages7
JournalSpectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Volume105
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Mar 2013
Externally publishedYes

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

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