TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, vol.53, no.51, pp.7010-7012, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
A novel on/off fluorescent Cd2+ probe, which is based on a 1,10-phenanthroline scaffold with cofacial BODIPY units attached orthogonally as the receptor and fluorophore units, respectively, is described. The digital action of a two-input NOR logic gate is also demonstrated. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.