Aqueous fluorescence turn-on Sensor for Zn~(2+) with a tetraphenylethylene compound

摘要

A new sensitive and selective fluorescence turn-on sensor for Zn ~(2+) (1) was developed by taking advantage of the aggregation-induced emission of the tetraphenylethylene framework. In addition, the corresponding ester precursor of 1 was successfully used for intracellular Zn~(2+) imaging.