title: The first fluorescent sensor for boronic and boric acids with sensitivity at sub-micromolar concentrations--a cautionary tale.
abstract: The first reported fluorescent sensor for boronic and boric acids is actually not a sensor for boronic and boric acids but rather is a sensor for protons; the system is also not the first fluorescent sensor since Alizarin has been used as a fluorescent sensor for boric acids since 1936.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK BA2 7AY.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arimori
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: James