Caixia Yin*, Jiawei Li and Fangjun Huo Pages 3958 - 4002 ( 45 )
In recent years, fluorescent probes have recently attracted attention from researchers. As a vital trace metal element, Cu2+ has an important role in the human body and environment. Therefore, the development and design of Cu2+ small-molecular fluorescent probes has been an active research area. This review focuses on the developments in the area of small-molecular fluorescent probes for Cu2+ in biological applications according to different sensing mechanisms including charge transfer (CT), electron transfer, energy transfer, excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT).
Detection, Metal ions, Cu2+ small-molecular fluorescent probes, Biological applications, Sensing mechanisms, charge transfer (CT).
Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, Institute of Molecular Science, Jiawei Li and Caixia Yin, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, Institute of Molecular Science, Jiawei Li and Caixia Yin, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Fangjun Huo, Shanxi University, Taiyuan