Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 89(48), p. 11017
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc36686j
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A multifunctional nanosensor based on silica nanoparticles has been designed by importing metal binding sites and hydrogen bonds directly attached to the chromophore. It works well in the recognition of Hg(2+), H(2)PO(4)(-), S(2-)via different combination mechanisms, and intracellular imaging.