title: A fluorescence turn-on detection of cyanide in aqueous solution based on the aggregation-induced emission.
abstract: The nucleophilic addition of cyanide to the trifluoroacetylamino group in 2 yields an amphiphilic species which would induce the aggregation of silole 1, and as a result, the fluorescence of the ensemble increases largely. Accordingly, a fluorescence turn-on detection of cyanide in aqueous solution can be established with the ensemble of silole 1 and compound 2. Also, this ensemble displays good selectivity toward cyanide over other common inorganic anions.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Organic Solids Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guanxin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Deqing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Daoben
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu