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- Metal ion recognition induced by calix[4]arene carbazole containing polymersPublication . D. Barata, Patrícia; Costa, Alexandra; Fialho, Carina B.; Prata, José VirgílioSensing and recognition of ions and neutral molecules via synthetic receptors are of current interest in supramolecular chemistry because of their significant importance in several areas, such as chemistry, biology and environment. Compared with small molecules, polymers-based sensors displayed several importante advantages like signal amplification. In this way, the incorporation of molecular receptors such as calixarenes with conjugated polymer backbones is expected to enhance the signaling events related to a host–guest interaction. The preorganized binding sites, easy derivatization and flexible three-dimensional steric structures make calixarenes ideal construction platforms for molecular design to generate fluorescente receptors. The use of calixarenes as supramolecular scaffolds for this type of architectures has been explored and the sensing abilities of resultant polymers toward metal and molecular ions established. Based on the high sensitivity shown by the non-polymeric analogue CALIX-OCP-CBZ (notshown), to toxic metal cations, we decide two extend the sensing study to polymer materials. Herein, we report the preliminar results of the chemosensing ability of a new bicyclic calix[4]arene-carbazole-polymer (CALIX-OCP-PPE-CBZ) towards the detection of toxic metals in fluid phase.
- Evaluation of the molecular architecture of fluorescence calix[4]arene-based sensors in detection of toxic metalsPublication . Costa, Alexandra; Barata, Patrícia; Fialho, Carina B.; Prata, José VirgílioChemical sensors have been playing a crucial role in analytical chemistry, bio-medicinal science and environmental chemistry. Chemosensors offer na accurate and low-cost finding of anions, cations, enzymes and toxic metal ions with high selectivity and sensitivity. In this regard, many organic compounds have been synthesized and are being used as successful chemosensors, however calixarenes offer distinct advantage in term of selectivity and the easy incorporation of a fluorophore into the structure. Cation complexing ligands containing calix[4]arene have been used to obtain more selective metal ions receptors. Herein, we report fluorescente calix[4]arene-based sensors with diferente molecular architecture [3] and their potentialities to address the detection of toxic metals. Using fluorescence as the signal transduction technique, experiments have shown that CALIX-OCP-2-CBZs are the most sensitiveto Cu.