Metal Binding News Today

A recent study published in Chemosensors presents a unique donor-p-acceptor luminous dye as a sensor for Cu2+ ions. The 3,5-diphenyl-dicyanomethylene-4-H-pyran (DCM) that makes up the fluorophoric core has extended styryl chains at positions 2 and 6 for metal coordination and is used for copper (II) detection.

The question of how life first sparked into existence on our planet is one we havent yet fully answered, but science is getting closer all the time – and a new study identifies the structures of the proteins that may well have made it happen.