Small molecules chemosensors

The incorporation of siloles in polymers is of interest and importance in chemistry and functionalities. Some optoelectronic properties, impossible to obtain in silole small molecules, may be realized with silole-containing polymers (SCPs). The first synthesis of SCPs was reported in 1992.21 Since then, different types of SCPs, such as main chain type 7r-conjugated SCPs catenated through the aromatic carbon of a silole, main chain type cr-conjugated SCPs catenated through the silicon atom of a silole, SCPs with silole pendants, and hyperbranched or dendritic SCPs (Fig. 2), have been synthesized.10 In this chapter, the functionalities of SCPs, such as band gap, photoluminescence, electroluminescence, bulk-heterojunction solar cells, field effect transistors, aggregation-induced emission, chemosensors, conductivity, and optical limiting, are summarized. 

Rare Earth Complexes as Luminescent Chemosensors for Small Molecules... 

In Chap. 4, a companion to the preceding two chapters, Watkinson documents Click Triazoles as Chemosensors for the detection of cations, anions, small molecules and biomolecules. The chapter is focused on sensors in which the triazole plays an intimate role in the sensing event. 

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