Water switched aggregation/disaggregation strategies of a coumarin–naphthalene conjugated sensor and its selectivity towards Cu2+ and Ag+ ions along with cell imaging studies on human osteosarcoma cells (U-2 OS)

• DOI: 10.1039/c8nj01631c
• Publication Date: 2018-06-04T09:43:56Z
• Authors: Ashish Kumar; Surajit Mondal; Kumari Somlata Ka...; Sumit Kumar Hira; Partha Pratim Manna; Wim Dehaen; Swapan Dey
• Keywords: 7. Clean energy; 01 natural sciences; 3. Good health; 0104 chemical sciences

A simple coumarin–naphthalene conjugated chemosensor (<bold>R1</bold>) exhibited an excellent AIE effect in methanol/water (1 : 1).