Chemical Communications · 2012 · 67 citations · 12 references
Natural SciencesBiochemistryBiophysicsBiophysical ChemistryBiosensorsSensorsChemical SensorsFluorescence SpectroscopyNanosensorsOptical BiosensingOptical BiosensorsPhotophysics Of Fluorescent ProbesFluorescence BiosensingFluorescence BiosensorsFluorescence ProbesFluorescence SensingFluorescence-based SensingFluorescent BiosensingFluorescent ProbesSelectivity
A charge-frustrated amphiphile composed of a pyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonate head group and an eicosane side chain can be used as a fluorescence chemosensor for spermine. The sensor allows the detection of spermine down to the nanomolar concentration range with good selectivity over closely related biogenic amines such as spermidine.
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