A barbituric acid–triphenylamine adduct displayed interesting aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) features in a THF–water co-solvent system and can act as a fluorescence turn-on probe for Hg2+.
Glutathione stabilized carbon dots show good dispersion, high fluorescence and aggregation-induced emission enhancement properties which could be used as a “turn-on” chemosensor for detecting temperature and Fe3+ in aqueous solution and cells.
A turn-on detection of cysteine (Cys) based on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer and aggregation-induced emission properties of a salicylaldehyde azine derivative has been established.