Fluorescent Quinoline-Based Supramolecular Gel for Selective and Ratiometric Sensing Zinc Ion with Multi-Modes

Qingqing Han; Qingqing Wang; Aiping Gao; Xuefei Ge; Rong Wan; Xinhua Cao

doi:10.3390/gels8100605

Gels (Sep 2022)

Fluorescent Quinoline-Based Supramolecular Gel for Selective and Ratiometric Sensing Zinc Ion with Multi-Modes

Qingqing Han,
Qingqing Wang,
Aiping Gao,
Xuefei Ge,
Rong Wan,
Xinhua Cao

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Qingqing Han: Henan Province Key Laboratory of Utilization of Non-Metallic Mineral in the South of Henan Green Catalysis, Synthesis Key Laboratory of Xinyang City, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
Qingqing Wang: Henan Province Key Laboratory of Utilization of Non-Metallic Mineral in the South of Henan Green Catalysis, Synthesis Key Laboratory of Xinyang City, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
Aiping Gao: Henan Province Key Laboratory of Utilization of Non-Metallic Mineral in the South of Henan Green Catalysis, Synthesis Key Laboratory of Xinyang City, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
Xuefei Ge: Henan Province Key Laboratory of Utilization of Non-Metallic Mineral in the South of Henan Green Catalysis, Synthesis Key Laboratory of Xinyang City, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
Rong Wan: Henan Province Key Laboratory of Utilization of Non-Metallic Mineral in the South of Henan Green Catalysis, Synthesis Key Laboratory of Xinyang City, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
Xinhua Cao: Henan Province Key Laboratory of Utilization of Non-Metallic Mineral in the South of Henan Green Catalysis, Synthesis Key Laboratory of Xinyang City, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/gels8100605
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 10
p. 605

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A gelator 1 containing functional quinoline and Schiff base groups that could form organogels in DMF, DMSO, acetone, ethanol and 1,4-dioxane was designed and synthesized. The self-assembly process of geator 1 was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence emission spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and water contact angle. Under non-covalent interactions, gelator 1 self-assembled into microbelts and nanofiber structures with different surface wettability. Weak fluorescence was emitted from the solution and gel state of 1. Interestingly, gelator 1 exhibited good selectivity and sensitivity towards Zn2+ in solution and gel states along with its emission enhancement and change. The emission intensity at 423 nm of solution 1 in 1,4-dioxane was slightly enhanced, and a new emission peak appeared at 545 nm along with its intensity sequentially strengthened in the titration process. The obvious ratiometric detection process was presented with a limit of detection (LOD) of 5.51 μM. The detection mechanism was revealed by a theoretical calculation and NMR titration experiment, which was that Zn2+ induced the transition from trans- to cis- of molecule 1 and further coordinated with 1. This study will introduce a new method for the construction of functional self-assembly gel sensors for the detection of Zn2+.

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ISSN: 2310-2861 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Inorganic chemistry; Science: Chemistry: General. Including alchemy
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/gels

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