Citation: Kun Zhang, Xin-Yue Lou, Yan Wang, Weiwei Huan, Ying-Wei Yang. Emission enhancement induced by the supramolecular assembly of leggero pillar[5]arenes for the detection and separation of silver ions[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(6): 110464. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110464 shu

Emission enhancement induced by the supramolecular assembly of leggero pillar[5]arenes for the detection and separation of silver ions

Kun Zhang ^a ,
Xin-Yue Lou ^{a, *,} ,
Yan Wang ^a ,
Weiwei Huan ^{b, *,} ,
Ying-Wei Yang ^{a, *,}

a.
International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
b.
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Utilization of Forestry Biomass, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China

louxy@jlu.edu.cn

huanweiwei@zafu.edu.cn

ywyang@jlu.edu.cn

Received Date: 25 June 2024
Revised Date: 4 September 2024
Accepted Date: 13 September 2024
Available Online: 14 September 2024

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A renewable fluorescent material (G⊂CP5L) has been constructed via supramolecular assembly between a new derivative of pillararene, namely leggero pillar[5]arene, as the host molecule (CP5L) and a tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based ditopic guest (G). This new material can simultaneously perform efficient detection and separation of silver(Ⅰ) from aqueous environments. Possessing an electron-rich cavity and two cytosine groups modified on both rims, CP5L functions as the host-guest binding site for G and offers exclusive coordination sites for further interaction with Ag⁺. Adding Ag⁺ to the system undergoes dramatic fluorescence enhancement due to the mechanism of supramolecular assembly-induced enhanced emission (SAIEE). This fluorescence enhancement allows for efficient and visualized detection following a "light-up" pattern, achieving a limit of detection (LOD) of 1.3 × 10^–7 mol/L, which is fully in line with the World Health Organization's drinking water standard of 9 × 10^–7 mol/L. In addition, G⊂CP5L also shows strong anti-interference capability against other cationic species. For the separation of Ag⁺ from aqueous systems, G⊂CP5L displays exceptional adsorption efficiency (97%) and reliable recovery performance, demonstrating excellent recyclability after five experimental cycles without compromising its adsorption activity
- Pillararene,
- Host-guest chemistry,
- Aggregation-induced emission,
- Supramolecular chemistry,
- Supramolecular assembly
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