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Colorimetric Polymethacrylate Sensor. Advanced Materials Research, Vol 880, pp. 19-24, Jan. 2014.
The paper describes a new colorimetric sensor. The colorimetric sensors were made of optically transparent polymethacrylate matrix with physically immobilized analytical reagent which is responsible for the extraction of the analyte into the sensing material and changing its color. The developed colorimetric sensor can be used in determination of various analytes using both solid-phase spectrophotometer and naked eye.
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A Highly K+-Selective Phenylaza-[18]crown-6-Lariat-Ether-Based Fluoroionophore and Its Application in the Sensing of K+ Ions with an Optical Sensor Film and in Cells.hemistry - A European Journal , Vol 19, pp. 14911-14917, Oct. 2013
Herein, we report the synthesis of two phenylaza-[18]crown-6 lariat ethers with a coumarin fluorophore (1 and 2) and we reveal that compound 1 is an excellent probe for K+ ions under simulated physiological conditions. The presence of a 2-methoxyethoxy lariat group at the ortho position of the anilino moiety is crucial to the substantially increased stability of compounds 1 and 2 over their lariat-free phenylaza-[18]crown-6 ether analogues. Probe 1 shows a high K+/Na+ selectivity and a 2.5-fold fluorescence enhancement was observed in the presence of 100 mm K+ ions. A fluorescent membrane sensor, which was prepared by incorporating probe 1 into a hydrogel, showed a fully reversible response, a response time of 150 s, and a signal change of 7.8 % per 1 mm K+ within the range 1–10 mm K+. The membrane was easily fabricated (only a single sensing layer on a solid polyester support), yet no leaching was observed. Moreover, compound 1 rapidly permeated into cells, was cytocompatible, and was suitable for the fluorescent imaging of K+ ions on both the extracellular and intracellular levels.
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Solid-Phase-Enhanced Photothermal Lensing with Mesoporous Polymethacrylate Matrices for Optical-Sensing Chemical Analysis. pplied Spectroscopy , Vol 67, Issue 7, pp. 709-717, Jul. 2013
Procedures for the photothermal lens determination of metals and organic compounds, on the basis of solid-phase mesoporous optical-sensing materials (polymethacrylate [PMA]) matrices with immobilized reagents, were developed. These procedures combine (i) selective and efficient preconcentration of trace substances to be analyzed in specially designed and synthesized transparent mesoporous PMA plates; (ii) sensitive determination with the reliable and traceable photometric reactions previously developed for classical spectrophotometry; and (iii) the sensitivity enhancement of photothermal lens detection in polymers, which provides at least a ten-fold increase in sensitivity compared with solutions due to polymer thermo-optical properties (solid phase‐enhanced thermal lensing). It is shown that the overall sensitivity of photothermal lens measurements in PMA matrices is two orders higher than photometric absorbance measurements for the same excitation source power, which is in good agreement with the expected theoretical sensitivity. Changes in the preparation of transparent PMA plates and analytical procedures for photothermal measurements compared with spectrophotometry are discussed. PMA matrices modified with various analytical reagents were applied to trace determination of Hg(II), Fe(II), Ag(I), Cu(II), and ascorbic acid, with subnanomolar to nanomolar limits of detection.
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Potentials of thermal lens spectroscopy for polymethacrylate optical sensors. Journal of Analytical Chemistry , Vol 66, Issue 6, pp. 623-628, Jun 2011
The sensitivity of the earlier proposed procedures for the determination of iron(II, III) with 1,10-phenanthroline, silver(I) with dithizone, mercury with copper(II) dithizonate, copper(II) with lead diethyldithiocarbamate, and ascorbic acid with 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol using polymethacrylate opti- cal sensitive elements for solid phase spectrophotometry is enhanced through the use of thermal lens spec- trometry as the most sensitive method of molecular absorption spectroscopy. The limits of detection for all photometric reactions in the polymethacrylate matrix are reduced by an order of magnitude (to 10 nM) with- out substantial changes in the experimental conditions.
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