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A smart chemosensor: Discriminative multidetection and various logic operations in aqueous solution at biological pH

Research Abstract

A novel rhodamine-pyrazole based molecular probe was designed and easily synthesized. The probe could to detect several analytes in aqueous solution at biological pH (HEPES, pH = 7.2). Several heavy metal cations, including Cu2+, Fe3+, Al3+, Hg2+ and Ni2+ were detected discriminately by the probe. Also, the novel compound exhibited a good sensory selectivity towards S2O52− by both absorption and emission spectra. Moreover, probe/Cu2+ complex could to detect several anions, including F−, CN−, S2−, CH3COO−, CO32– and NO2−. Furthermore, the probe exhibited a high potential to work as a molecular system able to perform a number of logical operations such as AND, NAND, NOR and INHIBIT logic gates.

Research Authors
Awad I. Said, Nikolai I. Georgiev, Vladimir B. Bojinov
Research Department
Research Journal
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Research Member
Research Pages
117304
Research Publisher
Elsevier
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
223
Research Website
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386142519306948
Research Year
2019