Bay functionalized perylenediimide as a deaggregation based intracellular fluorescent probe for perchlorate

Abstract

The aggregates of perylenediimide based chemosensor (PDI 1) undergo de-aggregation induced fluorescence quenching selectively with ClO4(-) ions both in the solution and in the solid phase and can detect ClO4(-) ions in drinking water and fireworks. PDI 1 is permeable to C6 glioma cells, and ClO4(-) can be detected using confocal microscopy.