title: Visible and near-infrared sensing of fluoride by indole conjugated urea/thiourea ligands.
abstract: Two thiourea and urea based indole conjugated ligands show selective color changes with fluoride along with an absorbance band at 936 nm and 904 nm respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A&2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700 032, India.
authors.forename: Purnandhu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bose
authors.forename: Pradyut
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; D013890:Thiourea / Q000737:chemistry*; D014508:Urea / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D008024:Ligands; D014508:Urea; D013890:Thiourea; D005459:Fluorides