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Review article on “effects of ions on the fluorescence of coumarin derivatives”

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Coumarin, the chromanone, has a keto group at position 2. It plays a vital role as a plant and human metabolite, and as a fluorescent dye. Presently, the effects of various ions on different groups of coumarin derivatives are discussed. Change in fluorescence of the compound in terms of shifts in emission peaks like bathochromic, red and blue shifts is discussed. Coumarin derivative includes a wide variety of fluorophores that are being used for sensing and imaging intention. They are important classes of fluorophore with π extended structures. Presence of metal ions imparts effect on the fluorescence property of different coumarin derivatives. Fluorescence sensors play an important role in detection of metal ions. Herein, fluorescent properties of different coumarin derivatives are discussed with emphases on the effects of different metal anions or cations.

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This work was carried out by expert supervision of Dr. Sadia Asim. I thank her for guiding me in every possible manner she can. The authors are highly thankful to HEC for providing financial help through NRPU project number 9922.

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    Maham Ejaz, Sadia Asim & Alina Shahzad

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Methodology and Writing - original draft preparation is done by Maham Ejaz. Formal analysis and investigation and Resources is done by Dr. Asim Mansha. Supervision and final reading is done by Dr. Sadia Asim. Conceptualization and Writing - review and editing is done by Alina Shahzad.

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The review article entitled “Effects of ions on the fluorescence of coumarin derivatives” is carried out with the financial help from Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (Project number 9922). All the authors involved in the write-up of this article do not have any conflict of interest.

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Ejaz, M., Mansha, A., Asim, S. et al. Review article on “effects of ions on the fluorescence of coumarin derivatives”. Chem. Pap. 76, 1295–1311 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-021-01955-7

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