title: Cu(II)-selective green fluorescence of a rhodamine-diacetic acid conjugate.
abstract: A new rhodamine derivative (1) containing an ethylenediamine-N,N-diacetic acid moiety exhibits Cu(II)-selective strong green fluorescence, while showing very weak orange fluorescence with other metal cations.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry and Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirai