Tris(2-((ethylimino)methyl)pyren-1-ol)amine (1) was synthesized and introduced as the first tetrameric vanadate fluorescence sensor, the entire binding of which was successfully accomplished in two steps with distinct colorimetric changes and "off-on" fluorescent enhancement.

Natural polymers have been widely used in scaffolds for tissue engineering due to their superior biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low cytotoxicity compared to synthetic polymers. Despite these advantages, there remain drawbacks such as unsatisfying mechanical properties or low processability, which hinder natural tissue substitution. Several non-covalent or covalent crosslinking methods induced by chemicals, temperatures, pH, or light sources have been suggested to overcome these limitations. Among them, light-assisted crosslinking has been considered as a promising strategy for fabricating microstructures of scaffolds. This is due to the merits of non-invasiveness, relatively high crosslinking efficiency via light penetration, and easily controllable parameters, including light intensity or exposure time. This review focuses on photo-reactive moieties and their reaction mechanisms, which are widely exploited along with natural polymer and its tissue engineering applications.

New 7-Hydroxycoumarin-Based Fluorescent Chemosensors for Zn(II) and Cd(II). -Five new 7-hydroxycoumarins (I) and (II) are synthesized and evaluated as fluorescent sensors for metal ions. Compounds (Ib), (Ic) and (IIa) display large fluorescence enhancements with Zn 2+ and Cd 2+ , and compound (IIb) shows large fluorescence quenching upon addition of Ag + and Hg 2+ ions. -(SWAMY, K. M. K.; KIM, M. J.; JEON, H. R.; JUNG, J. Y.; YOON*, J.; Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 31 (2010) 12, 3611-3616, http://dx.doi.org/10.5012/bkcs.

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