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IR-780 is a heptamethine cyanine dye that exhibits strong absorbance in the near-infrared region. Herein, we report IR-780 dye as a dual sensor for chromogenic cyanide detection and azide’s fluorogenic sensing in acetonitrile. Cyanide and hydroxide cause instant, dramatic color changes in the dye solution from green to yellow and dramatic spectral changes in the UV-Vis spectrum. The interaction of cyanide and hydroxide with the dye caused a dramatic decrease in the intensity of the strong absorption band at 780 nm and a concomitant band appearance at 435 nm. Other monovalent ions, including fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, dihydrogen phosphate, thiocyanate, acetate, and dihydrogen arsenate, caused no significant color or spectral changes. UV-Vis studies showed that the IR-780 dye is sensitive and selective to both ions. The detection limits for cyanide and azide are 0.39 µM and 0.50 µM, respectively. Interestingly, the IR-780 dye exhibited strong fluorescence at 535nm upon interaction with azide, while its initial emission at 809 nm was quenched. Both UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy accomplished the detection of cyanide and azide using IR-780. Furthermore, the sensor’s effectiveness in fluorescence imaging of intracellular CN⁻ ions is demonstrated in live HeLa cells.
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Indocyanine Green (ICG) Fluorescence Is Dependent on Monomer with Planar and Twisted Structures and Inhibited by H-Aggregation
The optical properties of indocyanine green (ICG) as a near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence dye depend on the nature of the solvent medium and the dye concentration. In the ICG absorption spectra of water, at high concentrations, there were absorption maxima at 700 nm, implying H-aggregates. With ICG dilution, the main absorption peak was at 780 nm, implying monomers. However, in ethanol, the absorption maximum was 780 nm, and the shapes of the absorption spectra were identical regardless of the ICG concentration, indicating that ICG in ethanol exists only as a monomer without H-aggregates. We found that emission was due to the monomer form and decreased with H-aggregate formation. In the fluorescence spectra, the 820 nm emission band was dominant at low concentrations, whereas at high concentrations, we found that the emission peaks were converted to 880 nm, suggesting a new form via the twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) process of ICG. The NIR fluorescence intensity of ICG in ethanol was approximately 12- and 9-times brighter than in water in the NIR-I and -II regions, respectively. We propose an energy diagram of ICG to describe absorptive and emissive transitions through the ICG structures such as the monomer, H-aggregated, and TICT monomer forms.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1940965
- PAR ID:
- 10492376
- Publisher / Repository:
- MDPI
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 17
- ISSN:
- 1422-0067
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 13030
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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