Preparation of a molecularly imprinted polymer containing Europium(III) ions for luminescent sensing
Preparation of a molecularly imprinted polymer containing Europium(III) ions for luminescent sensing
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10.1002/pola.26314
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2012-12
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Hyungwoo Kim;Youngdo Kim;J. Chang
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作者:
Hyungwoo Kim;Youngdo Kim;J. Chang
INTRODUCTION The lanthanide (III) ions have attracted great interests in sensor applications due to their unique photophysical properties. Their luminescence resulting from intraconfigurational ff transition is narrow, long-lasting, and sensitive to the coordination environments, which makes them a promising candidate for signal transducers. Since the lanthanide (III) ions have very low molar absorptivities, it is difficult to populate their resonance levels by direct excitation. As an alternative, indirect excitation of the lanthanide (III) ions via an organic-based antenna is widely used to obtain strong luminescence. The organic ligands located around the lanthanide (III) ions absorb light and sensitize the lanthanide (III) ions by intramolecular energy transfer. 1Molecular imprinting is a practical method for preparing artificial receptors. In the molecular imprinting process, a complex of a functional vinyl monomer and a template is copolymerized with a crosslinking agent and subsequent removal of the template from the polymerized matrix generates binding cavities. 2–8 In sensor applications of molecularly imprinted polymers, the bound molecules are usually analyzed by an indirect method such as choromatography. 2, 3 However, this method has a drawback such that an additional separation process is required. Several direct sensing methods have been developed, involving the detection of changes in optical properties upon molecular binding9 by using quantum dots, 10, 11 dyes, 12, 13 and fluorescent polymers14 as probes. The use of the lanthanide (III) ions to signal the detection has also been reported. 15–19 In these studies, the sensors were designed to detect organophosphonates and organophosphates, which have strong binding affinity for europium (III) ions. The imprinted polymer matrices contained both the europium (III) ions and the sensitizing chromophore moieties. Once the target molecules were bound to the ions by coordination, there was observed an increase of luminescence intensity, regardless of their structures. This