Jiang-Hua Zhu, Chuan Yu, Yong Chen, Jinwoo Shin, Qian-Yong Cao and Jong Seung Kim
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 4342-4345
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC01346A,
Communication
A novel amphiphilic imidazolium-based probe containing a dansyl fluorophore and a long cetyl chain has been developed for ATP recognition. The probe forms self-assembled micelle-like aggregates at low concentration in its aqueous solution and can selectively recognize ATP among other bioactive anions with a significant enhancement in fluorescence emission.