title: New Hg2+ and Cu2+ selective chromo- and fluoroionophore based on a bichromophoric azine.
abstract: [graph: see text] A new probe, 1,4-bis(1-pyrenyl)-2,3-diaza-1,3-butadiene, selectively senses Hg2+ and Cu2+ through two different channels: the yellow-deep-pink color change and the enhancement of the fluorescence with the red shift of the excimer emission, which can visually be discernible by a green fluorescence in the presence of Hg2+ and an orange fluorescence in the presence of Cu2+.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tárraga
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molina