Responsive europium emission for paralytic shellfish saxitoxin detection in water

  • Weijian Ye
  • , Junrong Huang
  • , Zhenhao Liang
  • , Wenlu Zheng
  • , Jing Xiang Zhang*
  • , Chi Sing Lee*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A water-soluble europium complex (EuL1), with the chromophore conjugated with both the Eu3+ ion and the aza-18-crown-6 ether moiety (receptor), were synthesized and its photophysical properties were studied. Saxitoxin (STX) selectively binds to EuL1 and induced a 4-fold enhancement in europium emission in the presence of a variety of metal ions. A mechanistic study indicated that the luminescence enhancement could be triggered by a two-interaction binding mechanism, in which the initial interaction between STX and the aza-18-crown-6 ether moiety of EuL1 induces the secondary interactions between STX and the Eu3+ ion, which resulted in displacement of the coordinated water molecule on Eu3+ ion.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)28-33
JournalJournal of Luminescence
Volume199
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2018

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