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Metal-based optical chemosensors for CN− detection

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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.

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  1. Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

    Andrea Bencini

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    Vito Lippolis

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Bencini, A., Lippolis, V. Metal-based optical chemosensors for CN− detection. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 24451–24475 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7419-1

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