title: Metal-based optical chemosensors for CN-detection.
abstract: This critical review focuses on recent advances (2010-2015) in the detection of cyanide anion via metal-based optical chemosensors in which a change in colour and/or fluorescence intensity (or emission wavelength) of a molecular metal complex is determined by the direct interaction of the metal centre with this anion.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff", Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. andrea.bencini@unifi.it.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3957-8451
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bencini
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, S.S. 554 Bivio per Sestu, 09042, Monserrato, Italy. lippolis@unica.it.
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lippolis
mesh_terms: D003124:Colorimetry; D003486:Cyanides / Q000737:chemistry*; D005453:Fluorescence; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003486:Cyanides; D008670:Metals
keywords: Anion binding; Cyanide recognition; Cyanide sensing; Fluorescence chemosensor; Metal complexes; Optical chemosensor