title: A novel sensitive turn-on fluorescent Zn2+ chemosensor based on an easy to prepare C3-symmetric Schiff-base derivative in 100% aqueous solution.
abstract: A C(3)-symmetric Schiff-base example of the new simple, low cost, highly water soluble, and sensitive turn-on fluorescent Zn(2+) chemosensor is described. The sensor was successfully applied to the detection of intracellular Zn(2+). Moreover, the sensor could also serve as a potential recyclable component in sensing materials. Notably, the color change is so obvious that all of the recycling process can be seen clearly by the naked eye.
authors.affiliation: The College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhan-Xian
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shuang-Quan
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: Yan-Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hong-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Thomas C W
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Mak