A conformationally switchable fluorescent oligophenol foldamer for selective sensing of copper(II) ions

作者:Liu, Jiaqiang; Sun, Chang; Ma, Wenliang; Lu, Yu Jing; Yu, Lin; Zhang, Kun; Zeng, Huaqiang*
来源:RSC Advances, 2014, 4(97): 54469-54473.
DOI:10.1039/c4ra11706a

摘要

A stimuli-responsive hexameric oligophenol host undergoes metal ion-induced co-operative folding from a more fluorescent, more linear structure into less fluorescent, more curved states, enabling easy classification of the bound metal ion guests as well as selective sensing of Cu2 ions.