title: A visual and reversible assay for temperature using thioflavin T-doped lanthanide/nucleotide coordination polymers.
abstract: In this work, we prepared a type of thioflavin T (ThT)-doped lanthanide/nucleotide coordination polymer by the self-assembly of ThT, europium ions (Eu(3+)) and nucleotides (guanosine monophosphate, GMP) in aqueous solution (i.e. ThT/Eu/GMP). The Eu/GMP coordination polymers show excellent adaptive inclusion properties for ThT in a convenient one-step approach, which can readily enhance the fluorescence of ThT via the restricted effect. Moreover, the as-prepared hydrophilic ThT/Eu/GMP coordination polymers have the capability to act as a temperature-sensitive, visual and reversible sensor in aqueous solution under the irradiation of visible light. Our proposed design is cost-effective and simple to prepare without chemical modification or fluorescence labeling.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200241, P. R. China. mzhang@chem.ecnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yan-Yun
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Qin
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guoyue
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shi