Issue 45, 2015
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C

A water-soluble tetraphenylethene based probe for luminescent carbon dioxide detection and its biological application†

Yun Ma,a   Yi Zeng,a   Hua Liang,b   Cheuk-Lam Ho,a   Qiang Zhao,*b   Wei Huangb  and  Wai-Yeung Wong*ac  

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a Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry and Partner State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
E-mail: rwywong@hkbu.edu.hk
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Tel: +852 34117074

b Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210046, P. R. China
E-mail: iamqzhao@njupt.edu.cn
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c Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China

Abstract

A water-soluble fluorescent CO2 gas probe based on a tetraphenylethene derivative (TPE-ONa) has been developed. After bubbling CO2 into the detection solution, a remarkable color change and fluorescence enhancement could be observed. A porous film was successfully fabricated by mixing TPE-ONa with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose in water, which can serve as an efficient CO2 gas detection system. More importantly, TPE-ONa exhibits low cytotoxicity towards live cells and has the ability to monitor the external CO2 concentration changes of living cells.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TC03327F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Oct 2015
Accepted
16 Oct 2015
First published
28 Oct 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015,3, 11850-11856

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A water-soluble tetraphenylethene based probe for luminescent carbon dioxide detection and its biological application

Y. Ma, Y. Zeng, H. Liang, C. Ho, Q. Zhao, W. Huang and W. Wong, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 11850 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC03327F

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