Photolysis of a calixpyridinium-based supramolecular amphiphilic assembly and its selective turn-on fluorescence recognition of lysine in water.
Kui WangHong-Xi DouMeng-Meng WangYue WuZe-Hao ZhangSi-Yang XingBo-Lin ZhuYu-Xin FengPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2019)
A new calixpyridinium-based light-responsive host-guest recognition motif was found in this work. This host-guest recognition motif was further discovered to be applied as a selective turn-on fluorescent sensor for lysine over other natural amino acids.