Recent Progress in Fluorescent Formaldehyde Detection Using Small Molecule Probes

Formaldehyde(FA,a typical reactive carbonyl species)is a well-known environmental pollutant and a disease-related biomarker,making its sensitive and selective detection significant.Fluorescent probes have been explored for FA perception in environment,intracellular media and in vivo.In this review,we majorly conclude the recently represented fluorescence FA analysis based on small molecule probes.The general FA sensing mechanisms are first introduced.Regarding the FA detection in various environments,sensing tactics and performances are discussed in order of natural environment,living cells and in vivo.In the end,this review discusses the challenges and future trends of FA detection based on fluorescent probes.

Recent progress in small molecule fluorescent probes for nitroreductase

Nitroreductase（NTR） is a member of flavin-containing enzymes that exists widely in bacteria. Hypoxia,which is a characteristic of locally advanced solid tumors, resulting from an imbalance between oxygen consumption and supply, can result in NTR overexpression. Using either nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide（NADH） or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate（NADPH） as a source of reducing equivalents, NTR can catalyze the reduction of nitroaromatic compounds to the corresponding amines.Based on this reduction mechanism, NTR can be applied not only in the bioremediation and degradation of organic nitrogen compounds, but also in the development of NTR-targeted fluorescent probes to detect the hypoxic status of cancer cells. This review aims to provide a summary of the progress in fluorescent probes for NTR in recent years and elucidate the main fluorescent mechanisms that have been applied to design probes.

Preparation and properties of temperature sensitive paint based on Eu(DBM)_3 phen as probe molecule

Probe molecule Eu(DBM)3 phen is made up of europium oxide(EuO),dibenzoylmethane(DBM) and1,10-phenanthroline(phen). The temperature sensitive paint(TSP) was compounded by the polymerization of the probe molecule, methyl methacrylate(MMA) and the initiator of benzoyl peroxide(BPO).The structure, morphology, luminescence property of probe molecule and the temperature quenching property of the temperature sensitive paint(TSP) were characterized by infrared spectrometer, UV-vis spectrometer, scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence spectrometer respectively. The infrared spectrum and UV-vis spectra show that Eu and DBM form six membered rings, and Eu-O coordinate bonds form. The nanocrystals are in sphere-like morphology with an average size of approximately100 nm. Fluorescence spectra present that the performance of temperature quenching is excellent,what’s more, TSP sample has different temperature sensitivity in various temperature scope. Particularly,under excitation of 286 nm, TSP has a highest temperature sensitivity between 50 and 60 ℃, and the strongest fluorescence emission reaches a peak(615 nm). It indicated that probe molecule(Eu(DBM)phen) has strong luminescent intensity and the temperature quenching properties of Eu(DBM)phen/PMMA is good.