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Reversible and Sensitive Hg2+ Detection by a Cell-Permeable Ytterbium Complex

Bao G, Zha S, Liu Z, Fung YH, Chan CF, Li H, Chu PH, Jin D et al.

Inorganic chemistry, 2018

Abstract

A cell-permeable ytterbium complex shows reversible binding with Hg2+ in aqueous solution and in vitroby off-on visible and NIR emission. The fast response and 150 nM sensitivity of Hg2+ detection is based upon FRET and the lanthanide antenna effect. The reversible Hg2+ detection can be performed in vitro, and the binding mechanism is suggested by NMR employing the motif structure in a La complex and by DFT calculations.

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