Advances in coumarin-derived fluorescent chemosensors for metal ions

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2690-2707

  Song, Yanxi ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Li, Hongqi ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coumarin; Fluorescence; Mechanism; Metal ion; Sensor

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FLUORESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBES;

AG +; COUMARIN; FE 3+; FLUORESCENT CHEMOSENSORS; FLUORESCENT RECOGNITION; METALS IONS; RECOGNITION BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION MECHANISM; SYNTHETIC METHODS; ZN 2+;

METAL IONS;

EID: 84872534083     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527212804004544     Document Type: Article

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