title: Rhodamine B thiolactone: a simple chemosensor for Hg2+ in aqueous media.
abstract: Rhodamine B thiolactone is developed as a simple chemosensor towards Hg(2+) in neutral aqueous solution with high selectivity.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Huimin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D002021:Buffers; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000737:chemistry; D003116:Color; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D012235:Rhodamines; D012996:Solutions; C529525:rhodamine B thiolactone; D008628:Mercury