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SUBMITTER: Chan DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3606269 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chan Daniel Shiu-Hin DS Fu Wai-Chung WC Wang Modi M Liu Li-Juan LJ Leung Chung-Hang CH Ma Dik-Lung DL
PloS one 20130322 3
We report herein a novel luminescent iridium(III) complex with two hydrophobic carbon chains as a non-reaction based chemosensor for the detection of Hg(2+) ions in aqueous solution (<0.002% of organic solvent attributed to the probe solution). Upon the addition of Hg(2+) ions, the emission intensity of the complex was significantly enhanced and this change could be monitored by the naked eye under UV irradiation. The iridium(III) complex shows high specificity for Hg(2+) ions over eighteen othe ...[more]