title: Rational design of a highly selective and sensitive fluorescent PET probe for discrimination of thiophenols and aliphatic thiols.
abstract: A novel highly sensitive and selective 'off-on' fluorescent probe for thiophenols has been developed by a PET mechanism through a rational design.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yanting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004579:Electron Transport; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010636:Phenols; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C042983:thiophenol