A simple assay for the fluorometric detection of lithium ions in aqueous solution

  • Jie Gao
  • , Sébastien Rochat
  • , Xuhong Qian
  • , Kay Severin*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Lithium sensing made easy: A turn-on fluorescence sensor for Li+ can be generated by dissolving readily accessible starting materials in a buffered aqueous solution. The sensor allows the detection of Li+ in the sub-millimolar concentration range. (Figure Presented)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5013-5017
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume16
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 May 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fluorescence
  • Metallacrown complexes
  • Ruthenium
  • Self-assembly
  • Sensors

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