Pyridine-containing polyenes and their applications as metal ion sensors. These polyenes are practically nonluminescent in the solution state but become highly emissive as nanoparticle suspensions in aqueous solutions or thin films in the solid state, due to aggregation-induced emission (AIE). The nanoaggregates of these compounds can work as “turn-off” fluorescent chemosensors for metal ions and display different fluorescence responses to various metal ions. For example, a characteristic red shift in the emission spectra is observed with a terpyridine-containing luminogen in the presence of Zn
2+
. However, the terpyridine-containing luminogen displays a magenta color upon selectively binding with Fe
2+
. This allows easy identification of both Zn
2+
and Fe
2+
ions in aqueous media. The function of the polyenes can be easily tuned by altering the substituent groups. Due to their AIE properties, these polyenes can be used in aqueous solutions and in solid substrates for metal sensing.
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吡啶基的聚烯烃及其作为
金属离子传感器的应用。这些聚烯烃在溶液状态下几乎不发光,但当作为纳米颗粒悬浮液存在于
水溶液中或以薄膜形式存在于固态中时,由于聚集诱导发光(AIE)而变得高度发光。这些化合物的纳米聚集体可以作为
金属离子的“关闭”荧光
化学传感器,并对各种
金属离子显示不同的荧光响应。例如,在存在Zn2+时,富含三
吡啶的发光剂的发射光谱中观察到特征性的红移。然而,当与Fe2+选择性结合时,富含三
吡啶的发光剂显示品红色。这使得在
水介质中轻松识别Zn2+和Fe2+离子成为可能。通过改变取代基,可以轻松调节聚烯烃的功能。由于其AIE特性,这些聚烯烃可用于
水溶液和固体基质中的
金属传感。