| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1440937 | Synthetic Metals | 2014 | 6 Pages |
•HL shows strong fluorescence enhancement (125-fold) in aqueous media.•It has good water-solubility and lower detection limit.•PET and ICT are proposed to explain the observed spectral response.
An efficient fluorescent Al3+ receptor, 4-N,N-diethylaminosalicylicaldehyde -(2′-methylquinoline-4-formyl) hydrazone (HL) has been synthesized and characterized by physico-chemical and spectroscopic tools. Upon addition of Al3+ to an aqueous solution of HL, it shows 125-fold enhancement of fluorescence intensity at 550 nm. Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process, coupled with the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) process, are proposed to explain the observed spectral response. The lowest detection limit for Al3+ is determined as 6 × 10−7 M in ethanol and water (4:1, v/v).
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