Novel high-performance fluorescent approaches have always
significant
demand for room-temperature detection of carbon monoxide (CO), which
is highly toxic even at low concentration levels and is not easy to
recognize due to its colorless and odorless nature. In this paper,
we constructed a palladium-mediated fluorescence turn-on sensing platform
(TPANN-Pd) for the recognition of CO at room temperature,
revealing simultaneously quick response speed (<30 s), excellent
selectivity, superior sensitivity, and low detection limit (∼160
nM for CORM-3, ∼1.7 ppb for CO vapor). Moreover, rapid detection
and efficient removal (24%) from the air by naked-eye vision has been
successfully realized based on TPANN-Pd supramolecular
gels. Furthermore, the developed sensing platform was elucidated with
low cytotoxicity and high cellular uptake, and it was successfully
applied to CO imaging in living cells, providing real-time monitoring
of potential CO-involved reactions in biological systems.