A sodium-enabled 'Pourbaix sensor': a three-input AND logic gate as a 'lab-on-a-molecule' for monitoring Na+, pH and pE

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Jan 28;50(8):1009-11. doi: 10.1039/c3cc48075e.

Abstract

A novel supramolecular three-input AND logic gate is demonstrated as a 'lab-on-a-molecule' for monitoring the Na(+), pH and pE levels in solution by communicating a fluorescence signal. The fluorescence signal is modulated by three photoinduced electron transfer reactions that are controlled by an unprecedented combination of two cation binding events and one redox reaction.