Coordination chemistry plays an essential role in the design of photoluminescent probes for
metal ions. Metal coordination to organic dyes induces distinct optical responses which …

During the past decade, fluorescent chemosensors have become an important research
field of supramolecular chemistry and have attracted great attention because of their …

Recently, organic fluorescent molecules harnessing the excited‐state intramolecular proton
transfer (ESIPT) process are drawing great attention due to their unique photophysical …

After a brief introduction on the main transduction mechanisms for metal ion detection by
fluorescence, this paper reviews ligand molecules containing fluorophores synthesized and …

Metals are essential for sustaining all forms of life, but alterations in their cellular
homeostasis are connected to severe human disorders, including cancer, diabetes and …

Zinc is an essential biological element for living organisms and fluorescent imaging has
been proven to be the most suitable technique for its in vivo monitoring. From the late 1980s …

A short and efficient route to a broad range of imidazo [1, 2-a] pyridines from 2-
aminopyridines and acetophenones is achieved by a tandem, one-pot process starting with …

The combination of high metal selectivity of DNAzymes with the strong distance-dependent
optical properties of metallic nanoparticles has presented considerable opportunities for …

Zinc and calcium are ubiquitous intracellular metals, and while a variety of quantitative
probes have been developed for measuring intracellular changes in calcium concentration …

Chemical sensing using indicators, or chemosensor, has rapidly developed over the past
decades. Its chemistry covers a wide range of scientific fields, in which analytical and …