title: Highly Selective Anionic Counterion-based Fluorescent Sensor for Hg(2+) by Grafted Conjugated Polyelectrolytes.
abstract: Grafted conjugated polyelectrolytes were synthesized for the first time and characterized. The polymers demonstrated properties of a convenient and efficient protocol for creating Hg(2+) sensors. The unique character of the new material comes from an anionic counterion nature with no external cofactors, and imparts high selectivity and fast detection for mercury ion in a fluorescence probe. The concept may be potentially applied to create new sensors for monitoring other ions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Quli
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lulin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaomei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yiwu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang