An AIE active Y-shaped diimidazolylbenzene: aggregation and disaggregation for Cd2+ and Fe3+ sensing in aqueous solution

作者:Li Chengming; Gao Chao; Lan Jingbo; You Jingsong; Gao Ge*
来源:Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12(47): 9524-9527.
DOI:10.1039/c4ob01635a

摘要

simple Y-shaped dimb with AIE properties was designed and synthesized. It showed selective fluorescence turn-on toward Cd2+ ion in MeCN-water (2 : 8, v/v) through aggregation, and also selective fluorescence turn-off toward Fe3+ ion in MeCN-water (1 : 99, v/v) through disaggregation.