A fluorescent supramolecular gel and its application in the ultrasensitive detection of CN<sup>-</sup> by anion-π interactions.

Yang, Hao-Hang; Liu, Pei-Pei; Hu, Jian-Peng; Fang, Hu; Lin, Qi; Hong, Yao; Zhang, You-Ming; Qu, Wen-Juan et al. · Soft Matter · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Supramolecular gels have been widely reported on account of their unique superiority and application prospects. In this work, we constructed a novel supramolecular gel (HD-G) by using hydroxy-naphthaldehyde decorated with naphthalimide in DMSO solution, which exhibited excellent selectivity and ultrasensitive sensing properties toward CN<sup>-</sup> (the lowest detection limit is 1.82 × 10<sup>-10</sup> M). The sensing mechanism of this supramolecular gel takes advantage of π-π stacking interactions and anion-π interactions, which is different from the other familiar methods.