Thermally Stable Merocyanine Form of Photochromic Spiropyran with Aluminum Ion as a Reversible Photo-driven Sensor in Aqueous Solution 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2007, 7, 3166-3178 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2007 by MDPI /sensors Full Research Paper Thermally Stable Merocyanine Form of Photochromic Spiropyran with Aluminum Ion as a Reversible Photo-driven Sensor in Aqueous Solution Jiaqiang Ren and He Tian * Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China; E-mails: Jiaqiang Ren: renjq1978@; He Tian: tianhe@ Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: +86-21 Email: tianhe@ Received: 30 October 2007 / Accepted: 3 December 2007 / Published: 6 December 2007 Abstract: A reversible photo-driven sensor for aluminum ions based on photochromic spiropyran was reported with rapid response time. The detection of aluminum was performed via the chelation of aluminum ions with the merocyanine form (MC) of photochromic spiropyran. 1H NMR studies confirmed the conversation from the MC form into the Al 3+-MC form. Addition of aluminum ions to the spiropyran (SP) in a MeCN/H 2O mixture results in obvious color changes with a loss in absorbance at 539 nm and an enhancement in absorbance at about 420 nm after irradiation at 365 nm. The metal chelation complex (Al3+-MC) can also be converted into the original SP form by irradiation with visible light. Aluminum ions can be detected down to 0.5 μM levels in a fast response of less than 5 seconds with no interference from other ionic species. Keywords: photo-driven, photochromic spiropyran, sensor, aluminum ion. 1. Introduction Aluminum is the third most abundant element and widely used for industrial and domestic purposes. However, the toxicity of aluminum towards fish, algae, and plant roots in acidic media is well documented [1]. Toxic concentrations of Al are supposed to have ethological significance in primary  Sensors 2007, 7 3167 de