Pyridine-pyrazole based Al(<scp>iii</scp>) ‘turn on’ sensor for MCF7 cancer cell imaging and detection of picric acid

Abstract

DPC-Al complex can also be utilized as a fluorescence-based sensor for various nitroaromatics including picric acid, for which an INHIBIT logic gate can also be constructed. The as synthesized complex was subsequently used as a fluorescent probe for imaging of human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF7) cells using live cell confocal microscopic techniques.