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Bis-Pyridine-Based Organogel with AIE Effect and Sensing Performance towards Hg².

ABSTRACT: A novel gelator (1) based on a bis-pyridine derivative was designed and synthesized, which could form stable gels in methanol, ethanol, acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, DMF/H₂O (4/1, v/v) and DMSO/H₂O (4/1, v/v). The self-assembly process of gelator 1 was studied by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence emission spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray powder diffraction and a water contact angle experiment. Gelator 1 exhibited obvious AIE behavior. On the base of its AIE, the gel of 1 could detect Hg²⁺, which resulted in fluorescence quenching and a gel-sol transition. ¹H NMR titration experiments with Hg²⁺ revealed that the metal coordination interaction induced the fluorescence quenching and the breakdown of the noncovalent interaction in the gel system. This research provides a new molecular mode for designing a functional self-assembly gel system.

SUBMITTER: Gao A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9331886 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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