Shedding light on the environment: An auxillary light-emitting fragment (coumarin-343) binds to a CuII ion in the right-hand compartment (B) of the ligand shown and its fluorescence is “switched off”. If the pH value is raised from 7 to ≥11 the metal moves to the left compartment (A), which imposes a square stereochemistry and forces dissociation of the indicator, thus “switching on” the fluorescence. The pH-driven metal translocation is reversible and can be carried out for many cycles.
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