title: A facile approach for sensitive, reversible and ratiometric detection of biothiols based on thymine-mediated excimer-monomer transformation.
abstract: A ratiometric fluorescent sensor was developed for detecting biothiols in water and biological samples such as urine and serum. For this sensor, the monomer-excimer emission variations were regulated by aggregation and deaggregation via the complexation between pyrene-thymine and mercury ions modulated by biothiols.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science & Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Boling
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Xizhen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shuizhu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D005453:Fluorescence; D007477:Ions / Q000032:analysis*; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013941:Thymine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D011721:Pyrenes; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D014867:Water; C030984:pyrene; D008628:Mercury; D013941:Thymine