Water-Driven Cascade Specific Detection of Al(III)/Hg(II) and CN^-/GSH in Real Water Samples.

ABSTRACT: This work presents novel rhodamine hybrids with para-quinone methide groups as ion-sensing probes. The probes, P1 and P2, exist in both open and closed ring conformations, making them promising candidates for sensors due to their distinct absorption and fluorescence properties. Fluorescence studies demonstrated that P1 acts as a "turn-on" sensor for Hg-(II) in water, while P2 responds similarly to Al-(III) in water-methanol solutions. The detection limits (LODs) were determined to be 389 nM for Hg-(II) and 857 nM for Al-(III). In addition, the probes exhibit "turn-off" responses to cyanide and glutathione in the presence of Al-(III) and Hg-(II), with LODs of 680 nM and 1.21 μM, respectively. By visually inspecting colorimetric changes in filter paper and

SUBMITTER: Ardahanlı R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12290952 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature