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Structure-Driven Intramolecular Charge Transfer Modulation in Imidazole Fluorophores for Selective Hydrazine Detection and Forensic Applications.

Yu-Hsin Chen, Yu-Hong Chen, Wei-Ting Chien, Hsin-Chieh Lin, Mei-Yu Yeh

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Article in ACS omega, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yu-Hsin ChenDepartment of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 320314, Republic of China.
Yu-Hong ChenDepartment of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 320314, Republic of China.
Wei-Ting ChienDepartment of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 320314, Republic of China.
Hsin-Chieh LinDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300093, Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3596-3224
Mei-Yu YehDepartment of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 320314, Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-2891

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Hydrazine is a highly toxic, potentially carcinogenic compound widely used in industry, necessitating sensitive detection. Meanwhile, latent fingerprint identification requires high-contrast, high-resolution imaging. Both demand rapid and visually discernible signals, motivating the development of integrated materials for simultaneous chemical sensing and forensic imaging. Herein, we report a rationally designed imidazole-based fluorophore, DPI-DCN, that integrates reaction-based hydrazine sensing with high-resolution latent fingerprint (LFP) visualization. By incorporating a strongly electron-withdrawing dicyanovinyl unit, DPI-DCN establishes an efficient donor-acceptor framework, leading to enhanced intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) and pronounced bathochromic shifts relative to its ester analogue, DPI-DET. These photophysical characteristics are supported by density functional theory calculations, which reveal a reduced HOMO-LUMO gap and favorable orbital separation. DPI-DCN exhibits excellent selectivity toward hydrazine, displaying a distinct fluorescence "turn-off" response with a low detection limit of 1.94 μM. Mechanistic investigations using

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