A "turn-on" fluorescent chemosensor for aluminum ion and cell imaging application

作者:Guo, Ailing; Zhu, Ruitao*; Ren, Yuehong; Dong, Jinlong; Feng, Liheng
来源:Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy , 2016, 153: 530-534.
DOI:10.1016/j.saa.2015.09.009

摘要

A simple and efficient fluorescent chemosensor for Al3+ is reported in the paper. The chemosensor is obtained by dehydration reaction of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde and 2-aminophenol. The chemosensor has high selectivity and sensitivity for Al3+ and displays fluorescence "off-on" switch signal. The detection limit of the chemosensor for Al3+ can reach 1.0 x 10(-7) M in DMSO/H2O (1:9, v/v) solution. The mass spectra and Job's plot analysis confirm the 1:1 stoichiometry between chemosensor and Al3+. Potential utilization of the probe as an intracellular sensor of Al3+ in human cancer (HiSa) cells is also examined by confocal fluorescence microscopy.