title: Self-assembled fluorescent chemosensors.
abstract: Self-assembling and self-organizing methodologies are powerful tools for the "bottom-up" approach for the realization of complex structure with functional properties. Recently, this concept has been extended to the design of fluorescent chemosensors providing new exciting potentialities for the development of innovative sensing systems. This Concept Article deals mainly with this new approach and discusses its evolution, applications, and limitations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Istituto CNR Tecnologia delle Membrane--Sezione di Padova, Università di Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mancin
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rampazzo
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tecilla
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tonellato