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A Highly Selective Naphthalimide-Based Chemosensor: “Naked-Eye” Colorimetric and Fluorescent Turn-On Recognition of Al3+ and Its Application in Practical Samples, Test Paper and Logic Gate

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A novel naphthalimide-based colorimetric and fluorescent turn-on chemosensor for Al3+ was synthesized and characterized with spectroscopic techniques. In MeOH solution, BPAM showed high selectivity and sensitivity to Al3+ by a 60-fold fluorescence enhancement and blue-shift absorption with visible color changes attributed to the contribution of chelation enhanced fluorescence (CHEF) and inhibition of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT). A 1:1 BPAM-Al3+ complex confirmed by job’s plot and HRMS with a binding constant of 6.37 × 104 M− 1, and the detection limit for Al3+ was as low as 1.59 × 10− 7 M. BPAM was successfully applied in real sample detection and assessing the existence of Al3+ by a colorimetric method on filter paper. Furthermore, the fluorescent signals of BPAM were designed to construct an INHIBIT molecular logic gate.

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This work was supported by the Postdoctoral Scientific Research Developmental Fund of Heilongjiang Province (No. LBH-Q14023), the State Scholarship Fund of China Scholar Council (No. 201408230115) and the Scientific Research Fund of Heilongjiang Provincial Education Department (No. 12531033). We would like to thank Professor Zhendong Jin’s (The University of Iowa) instruction in writing.

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Li, NN., Zeng, S., Li, MQ. et al. A Highly Selective Naphthalimide-Based Chemosensor: “Naked-Eye” Colorimetric and Fluorescent Turn-On Recognition of Al3+ and Its Application in Practical Samples, Test Paper and Logic Gate. J Fluoresc 28, 347–357 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-017-2197-9

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