“…It appears that the majority of Al 3+ -sensors show similar characteristics in operation—i.e., in the applied semi-aqueous medium, similar association constants (log K = 3.5–7.5) and low limits of detection (6.0 × 10 −6 M–2.7 × 10 −8 M), below the tolerance limit in drinking water (~7.4 × 10 −6 M [ 42 , 43 ]) —as those reported for Zn 2+ -selective ones [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. Unfortunately, the selectivity of the reported sensor molecules is often limited due to the interference of other cations, which were typically Ni 2+ [ 28 , 31 ], Cu 2+ [ 30 , 31 , 32 , 40 ], Hg 2+ [ 30 , 32 ], Fe 2+ [ 31 ], Mg 2+ [ 36 ], and especially trivalent ions like Cr 3+ [ 30 , 36 , 40 ]. In the case of Al 3+ -sensors, the study of pH-dependence is of high importance as Al 3+ acts as a Lewis acid in water, thus adding it into a sample solution definitely results in a change of pH, which affects the photophysical behavior of the chemosensors.…”