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Organic Material Based Fluorescent Sensor for Hg2+: a Brief Review on Recent Development

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Due to the deleterious effects of mercury on human health and natural ecosystems, high reactivity, non-degradability, extreme volatility and relative water and tissue solubility, it would consider as one of the most toxic environmental pollutants among the transition metals. In the present investigation, we have tried to summarized the several organic material based fluorescent sensor including rhodamine, boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPYs), thiourea, crown-ether, coumarine, squaraines, pyrene, imidazole, triazole, anthracene, dansyl, naphthalenedimide/ naphthalene/ naphthalimide, naphthyridine, iridium (III) complexes, polymeric materials, cyclodextrin, phthalic anhydride, indole, calix [4]arene, chromenone, 1,8-naphthalimides, lysine, styrylindolium, phenothiazine, thiocarbonyl quinacridone, oxadiazole, triphenylamine–triazines, tetraphenylethene, peptidyl and semicarbazone for the trace mercury detection in the aqueous, aqueous–organic and cellular media. The present review provides a brief look over the previous development in the organic material based fluorescent sensor for mercuric ion detection. Furthermore, the ligand-metal binding stoichiometry, binding/association/dissociation constants and the detection limit by the receptors have been particularly highlighted which might be useful for the future design and development of more sensitive and robust fluorescent chemosensor/chemodosimeter for the mercuric ion detection.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sub-campus Mianwali, Pakistan

    Muhammad Saleem

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Baghdad-ul-Jadeed Campus), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan

    Muhammad Rafiq

  3. Department of Chemistry, GC University Faisalabad (sub campus layyah), Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Hanif

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Saleem, M., Rafiq, M. & Hanif, M. Organic Material Based Fluorescent Sensor for Hg2+: a Brief Review on Recent Development. J Fluoresc 27, 31–58 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-016-1933-x

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