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Insights into the Fluoride Ions Response Mechanism for the Novel 2,2’:6’,2’’-Terpyridine Fluorescent Sensor

Xuemei Lu, Yuchuan Zhai & Meixia Zhang

J. At. Mol. Sci., 8 (2017), pp. 169-172.

Published online: 2017-08

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In this present work, the sensing mechanism of a novel fluoride chemosensor 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (abbreviated as “2” according to previous experiment) has been investigated based on density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) methods. The theoretical electronic spectra (vertical excitation energies and fluorescence peak) reproduced previous experimental results [RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 4041.], which confirms the rationality of our theoretical level used in this work. The constructed potential energy curve suggest that the non-barrier process could be responsible for the rapid response to fluoride anion. Analyses about binding energies demonstrate that only fluoride anion could be detected for 2 chemosensor in acetonitrile solvent. Comparing with other anions, we confirm the uniqueness of fluoride anion for 2 sensor. In view of the excitation process, the strong intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) process of $S_0→ S_1$ transition explain the redshift of absorption peak for 2 sensor with the addition of fluoride anion. This work not only presents a straightforward sensing mechanism of fluoride anion for 2 chemosensor, but also plays important roles in synthesizing and designing fluorescent sensors in future.

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@Article{JAMS-8-169, author = {Xuemei Lu, Yuchuan Zhai and Meixia Zhang}, title = {Insights into the Fluoride Ions Response Mechanism for the Novel 2,2’:6’,2’’-Terpyridine Fluorescent Sensor}, journal = {Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences}, year = {2017}, volume = {8}, number = {4}, pages = {169--172}, abstract = {

In this present work, the sensing mechanism of a novel fluoride chemosensor 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (abbreviated as “2” according to previous experiment) has been investigated based on density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) methods. The theoretical electronic spectra (vertical excitation energies and fluorescence peak) reproduced previous experimental results [RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 4041.], which confirms the rationality of our theoretical level used in this work. The constructed potential energy curve suggest that the non-barrier process could be responsible for the rapid response to fluoride anion. Analyses about binding energies demonstrate that only fluoride anion could be detected for 2 chemosensor in acetonitrile solvent. Comparing with other anions, we confirm the uniqueness of fluoride anion for 2 sensor. In view of the excitation process, the strong intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) process of $S_0→ S_1$ transition explain the redshift of absorption peak for 2 sensor with the addition of fluoride anion. This work not only presents a straightforward sensing mechanism of fluoride anion for 2 chemosensor, but also plays important roles in synthesizing and designing fluorescent sensors in future.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Insights into the Fluoride Ions Response Mechanism for the Novel 2,2’:6’,2’’-Terpyridine Fluorescent Sensor AU - Xuemei Lu, Yuchuan Zhai & Meixia Zhang JO - Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences VL - 4 SP - 169 EP - 172 PY - 2017 DA - 2017/08 SN - 8 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/jams.101817.112917a UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jams/12562.html KW - AB -

In this present work, the sensing mechanism of a novel fluoride chemosensor 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (abbreviated as “2” according to previous experiment) has been investigated based on density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) methods. The theoretical electronic spectra (vertical excitation energies and fluorescence peak) reproduced previous experimental results [RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 4041.], which confirms the rationality of our theoretical level used in this work. The constructed potential energy curve suggest that the non-barrier process could be responsible for the rapid response to fluoride anion. Analyses about binding energies demonstrate that only fluoride anion could be detected for 2 chemosensor in acetonitrile solvent. Comparing with other anions, we confirm the uniqueness of fluoride anion for 2 sensor. In view of the excitation process, the strong intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) process of $S_0→ S_1$ transition explain the redshift of absorption peak for 2 sensor with the addition of fluoride anion. This work not only presents a straightforward sensing mechanism of fluoride anion for 2 chemosensor, but also plays important roles in synthesizing and designing fluorescent sensors in future.

Xuemei Lu, Yuchuan Zhai and Meixia Zhang. (2017). Insights into the Fluoride Ions Response Mechanism for the Novel 2,2’:6’,2’’-Terpyridine Fluorescent Sensor. Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences. 8 (4). 169-172. doi:10.4208/jams.101817.112917a
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