A smart "off-on" gate for the in situ detection of hydrogen sulphide with Cu(ii)-assisted europium emission

Zhenhao Liang; Tik Hung Tsoi; Chi Fai Chan; Lixiong Dai; Yudan Wu; Guangyan Du; Lizhi Zhu; Chi Sing Lee; Wing Tak Wong; Ga Lai Law; Ka Leung Wong

doi:10.1039/c5sc04091d

A smart "off-on" gate for the in situ detection of hydrogen sulphide with Cu(ii)-assisted europium emission

Zhenhao Liang, Tik Hung Tsoi, Chi Fai Chan, Lixiong Dai, Yudan Wu, Guangyan Du, Lizhi Zhu, Chi Sing Lee^*, Wing Tak Wong^*, Ga Lai Law^*, Ka Leung Wong^*

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A water-soluble and emissive Eu-complex (EuL1) bearing a DO3A(Eu³⁺)-pyridine-aza-crown motif has been prepared and its Cu²⁺ complex has been demonstrated to be a smart luminescence "off-on" gate for H₂S detection in water with a nano-molar detection limit (60 nM). EuL1 binds to Cu²⁺ ions selectively (K_B = 1.2 × 10⁵ M^-1) inducing 17-fold luminescence quenching and forming a 1 : 1 stoichiometric complex (EuL1-Cu²⁺), which responds to H₂S selectively with restoration of the original Eu emission of EuL1 followed by a further 40-fold luminescence enhancement, forming a 1 : 1 stoichiometric complex (EuL1-Na₂S, K_B = 1.5 × 10⁴ M^-1). Without Cu²⁺ ions, EuL1 showed non-specific binding towards H₂S with only a 5-fold luminescence enhancement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2151-2156
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemical Science
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sc04091d
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2016

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