@article{0bd120a52edc45929b70f8d5b0aefa4d,
title = "Exploiting anionic and cationic interactions with a new emissive imine-based β-naphthol molecular probe",
abstract = "A new emissive molecular probe derived from 1,7-bis(2′-formylphenyl)-1,4,7-trioxaheptane and 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde has been synthesized by a Schiff-base condensation method. Its sensor capability towards cations such as Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ and Hg2+, and anions such as halides (F-, Cl-, Br- and I-) and CN- was explored in DMSO solution. The geometry was optimized using density functional theory (DFT). The probe showed remarkable selectivity for Cu2+ and interaction with the more basic anions CN- and F-.",
keywords = "β-naphthol emission, Anion, Density functional theory, DFT, Molecular probe, Schiff-base",
author = "Luz Fernandes and Maxime Boucher and Javier Fern{\'a}ndez-Lodeiro and Elisabete Oliveira and Cristina Nu{\~n}ez and Santos, {Hugo M.} and Capelo, {Jose Luis} and Faza, {Olalla Nieto} and Emilia B{\'e}rtolo and Carlos Lodeiro",
note = "The authors are grateful to FCT-MCTES Portugal by Project PTDC/QUI/66250/2006, InOu 2009-UVIGO and Canterbury Christ Church University Research Fund for financial support. E. B., J. L. C. and C. L. thank bilateral Program {"}Accoes integradas Luso-Britanicas 2006{"}, agreement numbers B-16/06 and B-61/07. E. O. and H. S. acknowledge the FCT/Portugal PhD Grants (SFRH/BD/35905/2007) and (SFRH/BD/38509/2007) respectively. C. N. thanks Xunta de Galicia (Spain) for her Maria Barbeito pre-doctoral contract. J. L. C. and C. L. thank Xunta de Galicia for the Isidro Parga Pondal Research Program. ",
year = "2009",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.inoche.2009.07.011",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "905--912",
journal = "Inorganic Chemistry Communications",
issn = "1387-7003",
publisher = "Elsevier Science Publisher B.V.",
number = "9",
}