Abstract
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a signaling gasotransmitter, which plays various roles in modulating the functions of different systems. In this study, a "turn-on" fluorescent probe for H2S was developed. The probe, whose design is based on a familiar excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophore bearing aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics, was found to exhibit an 80-fold fluorescence enhancement along with a large Stokes shift upon the addition of H2S. Furthermore, the probe was successfully utilized to detect H2S in HeLa cells with both one-photon and two-photon microscopy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4791-4794 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 35 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2017 |
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