Highly-sensitive and selective colorimetric sensor for amino acids chiral recognition based on molecularly imprinted photonic polymers
Highly-sensitive and selective colorimetric sensor for amino acids chiral recognition based on molecularly imprinted photonic polymers
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DOI:
10.1016/j.snb.2013.02.079
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发表时间:
2013-05
影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Yin-Xia Zhang;Pinwen Zhao;Li‐Ping Yu
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作者:
Yin-Xia Zhang;Pinwen Zhao;Li‐Ping Yu
The incorporation of molecularly imprinted materials into photonic crystals presents an ideal sensing platform on which analyte recognition and analyte-dependent transduction methodology could be realized simultaneously. Here, a colorimetric molecularly imprinted photonic polymer (MIPP) sensor has been developed for the sensitive and selective chiral recognition of amino acids. The sensor was fabricated by infiltrating a polystyrene photonic crystal template with precursor and imprinting molecules, followed by a thermal polymerization. After removal of templates, the resulted MIPP consists of a three-dimensional, highly-ordered and interconnected macroporous array. The amino acids recognition events thus could be directly transferred into visible color changes and readable optical signals through the diffraction peak shifts of MIPP. A function relationship was found between the diffraction peak shift and the concentration of l-pyroglutamic acid (l-Pga) in the range of 0.01–0.50mM at pH 4, and a linear relationship with a slope of 278nm/mM was found when the concentration of l-Pga was lower than 0.20mM. The chiral recognition process accompanying with a gradual color change of MIPP can be easily visualized by the naked eye. The developed method has been applied to detect l-Pga in monosodium glutamate samples.