Cyanine-modified near-infrared upconversion nanoprobe for ratiometric sensing of N2H4 in living cells

Chuan Jian Li, Min An Ye, Pei Pei Su, Cheng Yao, Yi Zhou

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Abstract

Although being as an important chemical material in industry, hydrazine (N2H4) is highly toxic to the humans and animals. The development of sensitive methods for the detection of hydrazine is meaningful. Herein, we develop a new organic-inorganic hybrid nanoprobe for the detection of N2H4 based on luminescent resonance energy transfer (LRET) process. The nanoprobe contains N2H4-responsive NIR cyanine dye (CQM1) and α-cyclodextrin (CD) anchored on the surface of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanophosphors (UCNPs). In the presence of hydrazine, the hybrid materials (CQM1-UCNPs) showed the a large ratiometric luminescent signal change with high sensitivity and selectivity. More importantly, by taking advantage of ratiometric Upconversion luminescent (UCL) signal and the features of NIR emission/excitation, the nanoprobe was successfully applied for visualization of hydrazine in living cells for the first time.

Original languageEnglish
Article number119153
JournalSpectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Volume247
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 2021

Keywords

  • Hydrazine
  • NIR-excited imaging
  • Ratiometric
  • Upconversion nanoprobe

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