title: New Autoinductive Cascade for the Optical Sensing of Fluoride: Application in the Detection of Phosphoryl Fluoride Nerve Agents.
abstract: A new autoinductive cascade employing benzoyl fluoride as a latent source of fluoride is reported for signal amplification and optical detection of fluoride. The autoinduction leads to a maximum 4-fold signal enhancement for each fluoride generated, as well as a self-propagating cycle that generates three fluorophores for each single fluoride released. A two-step integrated protocol creates a more rapid autoinductive cascade than previously reported, as well as a highly sensitive diagnostic assay for the ultratrace quantitation of a phosphoryl fluoride nerve agent surrogate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Xiaolong
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4003-6924
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Samuel D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Dahlhauser
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Eric V
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5137-8797
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Anslyn