Yingxiang Zhai,Jiguo Zhang,Jian Li,Shouxin Liu,Zhijun Chen,Shujun Li
The potential for leakage of liquid electrolytes from magnesium (Mg) batteries represents a large hurdle to future application. Despite this, there are no efficient sensing technologies to detect the leakage of liquid electrolytes. Here, we developed a sensor using laccaic acid (L-AIEgen), a naturally occurring aggregation-induced emission luminogen (AIEgens) isolated from the beetle Laccifer lacca. L-AIEgen showed good selectivity and sensitivity for Mg2+, a universal component of electrolytes in Mg batteries. Using L-AIEgen, we then produced a smart film (L-AIE-F) that was able to sense leakage of electrolytes from Mg batteries. L-AIE-F showed a strong “turn-on” AIE-active fluorescence at the leakage point of electrolyte from model Mg batteries. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that AIE technology has been used to sense the leakage of electrolytes.Keywords:laccaic acid;aggregation-induced emission;smart film;detect of Mg2+
Supramolecular fluorescent probe, which was designed and modeled from carminic acid (CA) and γ -cyclodextrins ( γ -CDs), was initially qualified and stated comprehensively. Fluorescence intensity of CA could be dramatically enhanced ∼850 a.u. through formation of a supramolecular fluorescent probe CA@ γ -CDs. The super-probe was verified by geometric conformation and molecular docking, and subsequently characterized by FT-IR, NMR, XRD and fluorescence lifetime. Furthermore, the CA@ γ -CDs probe was proved on the detection of fungicide 2-aminobenzidazole (2-BZ). Finally, fluorescence performance of CA and the application of the probe for molecular recognition were both motivated by γ -CDs significantly, which could facilitate the fluorescence detection of CA more extensively and precisely.