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Dual-Functional Fluorescein-Based Chemosensor for Chromogenic Detection of Fe3+ and Fluorgenic Detection of HOCl

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A novel fluorescein-based dual probe was designed and synthesized. The probe exhibited highly sensitive and selective colormetric response to Fe3+ and turn-on fluorescence response towards OCl− with very low detection limits of 100 and 50 nM, respectively. It was successfully applied for quantitative detection of Fe3+ and OCl− in real water samples. Moreover, probe 1 was expected to be a potentially powerful tool for studying and providing further insights into OCl− and Fe3+ chemistry in the near future.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21202130, 51603164), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.3102014JCQ15005), the Natural Science Foundation Research Project of Shaanxi Province(No.2015JM2067), the president Foundation of Xi’an Technological University (No. XAGDXJJ16010).

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    1. School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710032, People’s Republic of China

      Xilang Jin, Zenghui Wang, Pu Xie, Aijie Ma, Hongwei Zhou & Weixing Chen

    2. Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710072, People’s Republic of China

      Xianglong Wu & Liu Liu

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    Jin, X., Wu, X., Liu, L. et al. Dual-Functional Fluorescein-Based Chemosensor for Chromogenic Detection of Fe3+ and Fluorgenic Detection of HOCl. J Fluoresc 27, 2111–2117 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-017-2150-y

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