Fluorescent chemosensors for Zn(2+).
In the past decade, fluorescent chemosensors for zinc ion (Zn(2+)) have attracted great attention because of the biological significance of zinc combined with the simplicity and high sensitivity of fluorescence assays. Chemosensors can be divided into a fluorophore, a spacer and a receptor unit; the receptor is the central processing unit (CPU) of a chemosensor. This tutorial review will classify zinc chemosensors based on receptor types.
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Zhaochao
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Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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Juyoung
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