CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, cilt.21, sa.38, ss.13201-13205, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
A fluorescent probe that displays a ratiometric fluorescence response towards gold and mercury ions has been devised. Emitting at a relatively longer wavelength, the conjugated form of the fluorescent dye transforms in the presence of the gold or mercury ions into a new dye, the molecular structure of which lacks the conjugation and consequently emits at a distinctly shorter wavelength.