{"title":"A Simple and Rapid Fluorescent Sensor Based on MoS<sub>2</sub> Quantum Dots for Dopamine Detection.","authors":"Yunbo Zhao, Fangyuan Yang, Lefa Zhao, Guangda Xu","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04413-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-025-04413-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, molybdenum disulfide quantum dots (MoS<sub>2</sub> QDs) were synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal method, and a simple, rapid fluorescent sensing platform for dopamine (DA) detection was established based on fluorescence quenching. Experimental results demonstrated that DA is oxidized to dopamine quinone under alkaline conditions, leading to fluorescence quenching of MoS<sub>2</sub> QDs through the synergistic effects of inner filter effect (IFE) and electron transfer (ET). The optimized method exhibited a linear response at 434 nm (200-600 µM, R<sup>2</sup> = 0.9980) with a detection limit of 4 µM. The sensor showed high selectivity for DA and was successfully applied to spiked recovery tests in human urine samples, achieving recoveries of 95-104.6%. The stability of MoS<sub>2</sub> QDs, simplicity of preparation, and practical applicability highlight its potential for DA analysis in complex biological samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Waste Biomass Derived Nitrogen-doped Carbon Dots As Efficient Sensors of Environmental Pollutants.","authors":"Anju Paul, Beena Mathew, Manju Kurian","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04416-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-025-04416-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fluorescent nitrogen-doped carbon dots (CDs) were prepared by a facile hydrothermal treatment from the waste biomass jackfruit peel. Structural, optical and morphological characterisation revealed that the functional groups on the surface of the CDs provided them with good aqueous solubility and excellent stability against different experimental conditions. From zeta potential analysis, the surface of the CDs was found to be negatively charged (-23.7 mV). The synthesized CDs could emit blue light under UV radiation and they act as efficient sensors for various analytes like metal ions, antibiotics, and dyes, etc. The CDs displayed outstanding sensing activity for the analytes with a low detection limit by a static quenching process. Fluorescence enhancement was obtained in the presence of levofloxacin also owing to the formation of hydrogen bonds between the surface functional groups on CDs and levofloxacin.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1,3,4-Oxadiazole Derivative: Gelation Induced Emission Enhancement and Triple-Channel Acid Responsive Properties.","authors":"Tianren Zhang, Qingyan Wang, Mingwen Ma, Youpeng Zuo, Fajun Li, Xusheng Xie, Yuchen Wei, Guizhi Wang, Xueqing Hu","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04415-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10895-025-04415-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, luminescent materials with stimuli-responsive properties have attracted extensive attention. In this article, the gelation induced emission enhancement (GIEE) property of an 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivative (4-POXD-B8) was studied. The formation of the J-aggregate was viewed as the reason for this GIEE property, which was proved by UV-vis spectra. 4-POXD-B8 was found to exhibit a triple-channel (color, fluorescence and state change) response to trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). It was speculated that the reason for the acid responsiveness of 4-POXD-B8 was that the molecule was protonated after the addition of TFA, which can be confirmed by 1 H NMR and UV-vis spectra. In addition, the encryption-decryption process of information under visible and UV light was realized by using 4-POXD-B8 and TFA/triethylamine (TEA), which may provide some reference for future information storage.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Faris J Tayeb, Alaa Shafie, Mohammed Fareed Felemban, Amal Adnan Ashour
{"title":"Multifunctional Schiff Base Chemosensor for Cu<sup>2+</sup> and 2,4-D Sensing with Potent Antibacterial Activity.","authors":"Faris J Tayeb, Alaa Shafie, Mohammed Fareed Felemban, Amal Adnan Ashour","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04364-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10895-025-04364-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel Schiff base chemosensor SP1, was synthesized for the detection of Cu<sup>2+</sup> ions and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). The chemosensor exhibited weak fluorescence due to the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) mechanism. Upon interaction with Cu<sup>2+</sup>, SP1 underwent a distinct \"turn-on\" fluorescence response accompanied by a visible color change from yellow to orange, resulting from the formation of the SP1-Cu<sup>2+</sup> complex, which inhibited the PET process. The complex was further utilized for the detection of 2,4-D, which led to fluorescence quenching and color recovery, enabling a dual-mode sensing approach. The detection limits were found to be 0.003 ppm for Cu<sup>2+</sup> and 0.02 ppm for 2,4-D, demonstrating high sensitivity. Additionally, SP1 and its SP1-Cu<sup>2+</sup> complex was evaluated for their antibacterial activity, showing promising efficacy against pathogenic bacterial strains. This dual-functional chemosensor offers a reliable and sensitive platform for both metal ion detection and environmental pollutant monitoring, with added antibacterial potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sensitive Detection of Copper (II) Ions in Aqueous Solutions Using Thioglycolic Acid-Capped Ce-Doped ZnS Nanoparticles Based Fluorescent Probe.","authors":"Seema Maheshwari, Kuldeep Kaur, Ashok Kumar Malik","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04335-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10895-025-04335-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The synthesis of fluorescent water dispersible thioglycolic acid (TGA)-capped Ce-doped ZnS nanoparticles (coded as Ce-ZnS@TGA) was carried out using environment friendly co-precipitation approach. The as-synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), HRTEM, Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The Ce-ZnS@TGA probe was found to show significant enhancement on addition of urea. Further, the fluorescence intensity of the Ce-ZnS@TGA-urea complex was quenched on addition of Cu<sup>2+</sup> ions. The Ce-ZnS@TGA-urea complex was used as a fluorescence probe for detection of Cu<sup>2+</sup> ions in aqueous samples. The quenching of the fluorescence intensity of Ce-ZnS@TGA-urea was possibly due to non-radiative recombination as Cu<sup>2+</sup>ions act as electron trapping center. The LODs for detection of urea and Cu<sup>2+</sup> ions was determined to be 2.3mM and 26.6 µΜ respectively. The factors affecting the detection of Cu<sup>2+</sup> ions such as presence of other metal ions were also investigated and the optimum pH value for the sensor was evaluated. The proposed method was also employed to detect trace Cu<sup>2+</sup>concentrations in real water samples with satisfactory results.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of the Chaetae Autofluorescence in the Earthworm Eisenia foetida and their Role in Locomotion.","authors":"Melvin Rodríguez-Heredia, Martín Gerardo Rodríguez, Birmania Heredia Rivera, Edgar Saucedo Casas, Birmania Rodríguez-Heredia","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04374-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10895-025-04374-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Earthworms are the most abundant invertebrates in terrestrial ecosystems and play a vital role in maintaining soil structure and fertility, they interact constantly with soil particles and microorganisms, improving macroporosity, water dynamics, aeration, and organic matter decomposition. Their bodies are composed of segments known as rings or metameres, from which small bristle-like structures called chaetae protrude. These chaetae assist in burrowing and locomotion through the soil. Despite their functional importance, the detailed composition and optical properties of chaetae remain poorly understood. In this study, chaetae from Eisenia foetida were isolated and analyzed using fluorescence microscopy, scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Fluorescence analysis revealed strong intrinsic blue autofluorescence, with an excitation peak at 320 nm and an emission peak at 410 nm, matching the DAPI filter set. SEM-EDX showed a composition dominated by carbon and oxygen, along with trace elements such as chlorine, potassium, sodium, and copper, while FTIR confirmed the presence of β-chitin as the primary structural component. These findings expand our understanding of the molecular and optical properties of annelid chaetae. The discovery of intrinsic autofluorescence linked to β-chitin opens new possibilities for non-invasive imaging, species identification, and the potential use of annelid-derived chitin in biomaterials research.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ying Peng, Haonan Yang, Mengyao Qu, Shaobing Zhang, Zheng Yang, Xiaodan Jia, Bo Wang, Xiangrong Liu
{"title":"Red Emissive Carbon Dots as Fluorescent Probe for Specific Sensing and Imaging of HCIO.","authors":"Ying Peng, Haonan Yang, Mengyao Qu, Shaobing Zhang, Zheng Yang, Xiaodan Jia, Bo Wang, Xiangrong Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04411-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10895-025-04411-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Selective detecting and tracking of HClO is crucial for reflecting related oxidative stress process and environmental safety. In this research, we present the red emissive carbon dots (CDs) with advantageous optical performances including high fluorescent stability, strong intensity and advanced quantum yield. The CDs showed excellent selectivity and sensitivity towards HClO with superior anti-interference performance and outstanding detection limit, indicating the CDs based fluorescent nanoprobe is not only highly suitable for detecting HClO in complicated water samples by solution, but also serve as prospective fluorescent filer paper sensor for fast detection. The low cytotoxicity and favorable biocompatibility are extremely demanded for sensing and imaging exogenous and endogenous HClO in living cells, and encourages the CDs as powerful imaging tool to unveil the mystery of HClO participant oxidative stress process, which would be beneficial for early diagnosis and therapeutics of related diseases. Clinical Trial Number Not applicable.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Waste Egg Tray Paper Pulp Derived Carbon Dots for Detection of Fe<sup>3+</sup> Ions via Fluorescence On-Off Process.","authors":"Bilipang Mahilary, Khemnath Patir, Roshan Kandinya, Sanjay Basumatary","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04407-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10895-025-04407-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Development of rapid and cost effective techniques for detecting metal ions is important to prevent water pollution and ensure public safety. Herein, we report the synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots (t-CDs) from waste egg tray paper pulp by one step hydrothermal treatment. The synthesized t-CDs have been characterized by various analytical techniques. The prepared t-CDs demonstrated excitation dependent emission and particle sizes ranges from 7 nm to 14 nm with mean diameter of 9 nm. Our study show that the fluorescence of the t-CDs is efficiently turn off upon addition of Fe<sup>3+</sup> due to the formation of complex between Fe<sup>3+</sup> and the surface functional groups of t-CDs which enables aggregation and electron transfer process, resulting in fluorescence quenching. There is a linear relationship between the fluorescence quenching of the t-CDs versus the concentration of the Fe<sup>3+</sup> in the ranges, 0-40 µM with limit of detection of 1.418 µM. Further, the t-CDs is applied as sensor for detection of Fe<sup>3+</sup> in real water samples, demonstrating its utility in environment monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lifan Zhang, Minghui Yan, Lixia Zhang, Jinwang Gao, Hongmei Liu, Li Huo
{"title":"Regulation of Multicolored Reed-Based Carbon Dots and their Application for Anti-Counterfeiting and Cell Imaging.","authors":"Lifan Zhang, Minghui Yan, Lixia Zhang, Jinwang Gao, Hongmei Liu, Li Huo","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04396-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10895-025-04396-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biobased fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) with their advantages of being environmentally friendly, renewable, easy to modify, superior water solubility, luminescence stability, and biocompatibility have attracted extensive attention. In this study, agricultural waste reed is used to controllably prepare multicolor (cyan, green, and yellow) CDs (C-CDs, G-CDs, and Y-CDs) by using the one-step hydrothermal method, regulating the types of nitrogen sources. The result showed that the average particle sizes for C-CDs, G-CDs, and Y-CDs were 2.58 nm, 5.31 nm, and 6.80 nm, respectively. The redshift is explained by doping different nitrogen sources, which leads to increased particle size of CDs, and the deepening of the graphitization degree of CDs leads to increased sp<sup>2</sup> hybridization degree. The fluorescence quantum yields (QY) for C-CDs, G-CDs, and Y-CDs were 15.45%, 39.07%, and 7.87%. These CDs exhibit good salt resistance, photobleaching resistance, and chemical stability, A multi-dimensional anti-counterfeiting system has been successfully constructed, displaying specific fluorescence patterns under ultraviolet excitation. In addition, the cytotoxicity test Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) showed that the survival rate of reed-based CDs to HeLa cells remained above 98% even at 0-250 µg/mL, showing good biocompatibility and nontoxicity. So, the CDs can be utilized in anti-counterfeiting fluorescent ink and cell imaging. It is particularly noteworthy that using agricultural waste as raw material to prepare CDs not only conforms to green chemistry, low cost, and sustainable development but also realizes the high-value utilization of waste resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulating ESIPT Behavior and Fluorescent Properties by Introducing -CN Group at Different Positions of BACN: A TD-DFT Study.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Hua Fang","doi":"10.1007/s10895-025-04408-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10895-025-04408-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new fluorophore BACN, which is composed of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole and α-cyanostilbene unit was obtained experimentally (Spectrochim. Acta A 281 (2022) 121601), but the direct information of excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process in it cannot be provided in the experiment. In this work, the ESIPT behaviors and photophysical features as well as the influence of substitution position of -CN group have been explored in detail via density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT. The experimental absorption and emission wavelengths of BACN are reproduced at the TD-PBE38/6-311 + G(d, p) level. The theoretical results of structural parameters, infrared frequencies, topological parameters and reduced density gradient (RDG) analysis showed that the intramolecular hydrogen bonds (IHBs) are enhanced in the excited state (S<sub>1</sub>). The proton transfer is more likely to occur in S<sub>1</sub> state. The introduction of -CN group at different positions weakens the IHB strength, increases the ESIPT barrier, red-shifts the fluorescence wavelength of the tautomer and enlarge the Stokes shifts of the tautomer.</p>","PeriodicalId":15800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Fluorescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}