Efficient artificial light-harvesting systems with gel properties formed by ion recognition†
Abstract
We constructed a novel supramolecular gelator (G3) by using acylhydrazone, which exhibited excellent selectivity and ultrasensitive sensing properties toward Mg2+ in ethanol as well as showed excellent gelation abilities in glycol–H2O. Meanwhile, an efficient artificial light-harvesting system (ALHS) has been successfully constructed between G3@Mg-sol or G3@Mg-gel and a hydrophobic fluorescent dye (RhB).