共轭聚合物荧光传感器的研究进展

共轭聚合物具有共轭分子导线结构,局部微扰在整个聚合物分子链甚至整个聚合物体系内即能得到放大利用,这一性质决定了其具有检测超低含量待测物的能力,且表现出强于小分子荧光传感器的灵敏度.本文概述了荧光共轭聚合物的传感机理,并举例介绍了近年报道的以共轭聚合物为基础的荧光传感器在检测离子及有机小分子方面的应用.     

聚磷腈荧光纳米纤维用于选择性检测液相中苦味酸的研究

以六氯环三磷腈和4,4'-二羟基二苯砜为单体,通过一步沉淀聚合制备了环交联型聚磷腈荧光纳米纤维(PZS-NF),对其化学结构、形貌、热稳定性及荧光特性进行了表征;进一步以PZS-NF为荧光化学传感器,研究了其检测液相中苦味酸(PA)的性能,并探讨了检测机理.结果表明:PZS-NF的平均直径为80 nm,高度交联的有机-无机杂化结构赋予了其优异的热稳定性;纳米纤维在369 nm紫外光的激发下,在433 nm具有显著的荧光特性,对液相中的PA表现出了高灵敏、高效和高选择性的荧光猝灭响应;优异的检测性能缘于PZS-NF结构中具有大量富电子的氮原子,通过酸碱相互作用将PA分子富集到纳米纤维表面,从而有效促进了PZSNF与PA之间形成非荧光基态配合物,同时有利于PZS-NF向PA发生激发态能量转移.     

一种可用于检测苦味酸的水溶性共轭聚合物荧光传感器的制备及应用

制备了一种高灵敏的水溶性荧光共轭聚合物(PPE-OBS), 将其用于苦味酸的荧光检测. 利用质谱、 核磁共振波谱和红外光谱等方法对PPE-OBS进行了表征, 并对其检测苦味酸的条件进行了优化. 结果表明, 在硼酸-氢氧化钠缓冲溶液(pH=9.5)中作用20 min, 苦味酸对PPE-OBS荧光的猝灭效率最大. 在最优条件下, PPE-OBS检测苦味酸的线性范围为1.0~60 μmol/L(R²=0.999), 检出限为0.831 μmol/L(S/N=3). 将PPE-OBS制成荧光试纸用于检测环境样品中的苦味酸, 获得了较好的检测结果.     

含稀土三元配合物高分子纳米纤维的制备与荧光性质研究

将发光良好的稀土三元配合物Eu(TTA)3phen和Tb(AA)3phen复合到水溶性的聚合物PVP中.通过静电纺丝技术得到了具有荧光特性的聚合物纳米纤维,并用扫描电镜和透射电镜对产物的微观结构进行了研究.同时研究了其荧光激发和发射光谱及荧光寿命.荧光测试表明稀土配合物在聚合物纳米纤维中比其在粉末中有更高的发光强度及更长的荧光寿命,其原因可归结为聚合物链状结构使得配合物无辐射的分子运动的受限,聚合物纳米纤维为稀土配合物提供了一个稳定的环境.该纳米纤维在紫外激发光的照射下可以发射出很强的稀土配合物的特征红光和绿光.     

荧光共轭聚合物在生物大分子检测中的应用*

共轭聚合物因其具有π-电子体系及共轭离域结构,一般都具有优异的发光性能,其发光强度和发射波长会随被检测化合物结构的不同而发生特异性响应,特别是在与被检测物相互作用过程中所产生电荷和能量能够沿共轭分子链进行有效传递,成倍放大这种作用,从而有效提高了检测灵敏度,这比相应的小分子化合物更具有优越性。目前共轭聚合物已被用于开发新型化学、生物传感器,尤其是在生物分子检测方面的应用得到迅速的发展。本文总结了近年来荧光共轭聚合物在生物传感方面的研究进展,主要讨论共轭聚合物在蛋白质、核酸及毒素检测中的应用。     

基于有机硅化合物的反应型氟离子荧光化学传感器

作为半径最小的阴离子,氟离子(F-)表现出高电负性和强碱性,因而具有特殊的化学性质。由于F-与人类健康和环境安全密切相关,因此它的识别与检测已引起了人们极大的关注。到目前为止,用于选择性检测F-的荧光化学传感器已有大量报道,这些传感器主要是基于有机硼化合物和氢键质子给体。与这些传感器相比,反应型传感器具有更高的选择性,并且更容易在水环境中实现F-检测。本文根据有机硅化合物的结构不同,分别综述了近年来基于硅醚、硅炔及其他有机硅化合物的反应型氟离子荧光化学传感器的合成研究进展,其中包括本课题组的一些研究工作。     

用基于苯并噻二唑衍生物的比率荧光化学传感器检测氟离子

研制了一种用于灵敏、快速地检测溶液中的氟离子的基于苯并噻二唑衍生物的荧光传感器.4,7-二溴-2,1,3-苯并噻二唑与三甲基硅基乙炔通过Sonogashira偶联反应得到二取代的三甲基硅基乙炔苯并噻二唑;将该化合物用于检测氟离子,分析了检测灵敏度和选择性.结果表明,在乙腈和水(V/V=9∶1)混合溶液中,合成的苯并噻二唑衍生物的最大发射波长峰值为455nm(激发波长为376nm);就所测试的F-,Cl-,Br-,I-,ClO4-,AcO-,NO3-,H2PO3-,CN-和HSO4-等阴离子而言,仅F-可以脱除三甲基硅保护基使得该化合物荧光最大发射波长蓝移至435nm,荧光强度降低60%,且最低检测限可达4.5×10-8 mol/L.因此,二取代的三甲基硅基乙炔苯并噻二唑应用于氟离子检测具有很好的灵敏度和选择性.     

高灵敏共轭聚合物化学传感器

金属离子和化学小分子的检测在人类健康、环境污染以及食品安全等领域具有重要意义,科学工作者们已经在设计、发展高灵敏化学传感器方面进行了大量研究。在过去的几十年里,共轭聚合物由于其卓越的光电性质,引起了人们极大的关注,并取得了众多革命性科技进展。最近,利用共轭聚合物的荧光信号放大机制,人们设计、发展了一系列新型的化学和生物传感体系。共轭聚合物的信号传感机制包括电子转移,荧光共振能量转移以及共轭聚合物聚集或构象改变。本文主要介绍我们实验室在利用共轭聚合物实现金属离子和化学小分子荧光检测方面取得的进展,并对未来发展方向与面临的挑战进行了讨论。     

分子印迹荧光传感器研究进展

分子印迹技术是结合高分子化学、分析化学、材料科学等发展起来的一门边缘学科,是模拟受体-抗体相互作用的一种新技术。分子印迹荧光传感器结合了分子印迹聚合物的预定识别性和高选择性以及荧光检测的高灵敏性,成为传感领域的研究热点。本文主要介绍了分子印迹荧光传感器的研究进展,重点概述了分子印迹荧光传感器的制备原理、检测方式及其在有机小分子和离子检测中的应用,并对其发展前景进行了展望。     

含三苯胺单元的共轭聚合物的合成、表征及应用

采用 Wittig 方法制得了未封端及封端的线性聚三苯胺-对苯乙烯撑型聚合物(分别简称为:TPA-DOPPV1,TPA-DOPPV2),并对共轭聚合物进行了表征和性能测试.封端后的聚合物溶液和固体膜在紫外光照射下均发出较强的绿光.对这类聚合物在硝基化合物检测方面的应用进行了初步研究,结果表明:封端后的共轭聚合物在邻硝基甲苯(o-NT)荧光检测上的性能明显提高,当o-NT 浓度为 21.5×10-3 mol/L 时,荧光猝灭效果达到了 96%;在2,4-二硝基甲苯(DNT)、对硝基甲苯(P-NT)和对苯醌(p-BQ)蒸汽中放置 10 s 时,其薄膜的荧光猝灭效率分别达到 30%、15.6%和 3.1%.TPA-DOPPV2 的合成操作较为简便,具有一定的检测灵敏性,是一种潜在的硝基类爆炸物荧光检测材料.     

Carbon Dots Derived from Coffee Residue for Sensitive and Selective Detection of Picric Acid and Iron(III) Ions

Afacile method was developed to prepare carbon dots(CDs) by pyrolysis and etching of coffee residue. The as-prepared CDs show uniform spherical nanoparticles with an average size of 2.3 nm and exhibit excitation-dependent fluorescence emissions. Moreover, CDs also exhibit strong fluorescence quenching to nitro compounds and metal ions in both water and ethanol solutions, which could act as a platform for dual detection of PA(picric acid) and Fe³⁺ ions with low detection limits of 0.26 and 0.83 μmol/L, respectively. This work provides a novel method for preparation of environmental-friendly fluorescent CDs and shows their potential applications in photoluminescence sensors.     

Copolypeptide-doped polyaniline nanofibers for electrochemical detection of ultratrace trinitrotoluene

This paper demonstrates a new electrochemical method for the detection of ultratrace amount of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) with synthetic copolypeptide-doped polyaniline nanofibers. The copolypeptide, comprising of glutamic acid (Glu) and lysine (Lys) units, is in situ doped into polyaniline through the protonation of the imine nitrogen atoms of polyaniline by the free carboxylic groups of Glu segments, resulting in the formation of polyaniline nanofibers of emeraldine salt. The free amino groups of Lys segments at the surface of nanofibers provide the receptor sites of TNT through the formation of charge-transfer complex between the electron-rich amino groups and the electron-deficient aromatic rings. Adsorptive stripping voltammetry results demonstrate that the poly(Glu-Lys)-doped nanofibers confined onto glassy carbon electrodes exhibit a remarkable enriching effect and thus sensitive electrochemical response to TNT with a linear dynamic range of 0.5-10 μM and a detection limit down to 100 nM. Moreover, other kinds of nitro compounds show different redox behaviors from TNT at the doped nanofibers, and thus do not interfere with the electrochemical detection of TNT. This study essentially offers a new and simple method for electrochemical detection of ultratrace TNT.     

Synthesis of a novel fluorescent anthryl calix[4]arene as picric acid sensor

A novel and sensitive fluorescence sensor has been designed by click chemistry. Based on the obvious and selective fluorescence quenching of anthryl calix[4]arene, a sensitive and robust platform were developed for visual detection of picric acid (TNP) in the mixture of nitro aromatics. The computational calculations revealed the formation of host–guest complex driven by π–π stacking interactions.     

Water‐Soluble Polymer Functionalized CdTe/ZnS Quantum Dots: A Facile Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Sensitive and Selective Detection of Nitroaromatic Explosives

A ratiometric fluorescent probe based on dual luminescence QD/CPL for selective sensing of the nitroaromatic explosive picric acid (PA) was constructed. The observed ratiometric fluorescence intensity change allows the quantitative detection of PA with a detection limit of 9 nM .     

Supersensitive detection of explosives by recyclable AIE luminogen-functionalized mesoporous materials

Mesoporous SBA-15 functionalized with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogens serves as an efficient and recyclable fluorescent sensor for the detection of picric acid (PA), with a quenching constant of up to 2.5 × 10(5) M(-1) in a water solution, presenting a new model for the supersensitive detection of explosives.     

玛卡荧光碳点的合成及用于苦味酸的荧光检测

以玛卡为碳源,采用水热法制备荧光碳点。碳点水溶液在激发波长为315 nm时,最大荧光发射波长为425 nm。在玛卡荧光碳点的磷酸盐缓冲液(0.2 mol/L,pH 5.8)中,加入苦味酸,其荧光被猝灭,基于此建立了以玛卡荧光碳点为荧光探针测定苦味酸的方法。本方法检测苦味酸的线性范围为0.4~80 mmol/L,相关系数为0.9978,检出限为110 nmol/L(S/N=3),本方法线性范围宽、灵敏度高、响应快(2 min内),选择性和抗干扰能力良好。用于实际水样中苦味酸的检测,加标回收率为92.0%~110.0%,结果令人满意。     

Multicomponent Assembly of Fluorescent‐Tag Functionalized Ligands in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Sensing Explosives

Detection of trace amounts of explosive materials is significantly important for security concerns and pollution control. Four multicomponent metal–organic frameworks ( MOFs‐12 , 13 , 23 , and 123 ) have been synthesized by employing ligands embedded with fluorescent tags. The multicomponent assembly of the ligands was utilized to acquire a diverse electronic behavior of the MOFs and the fluorescent tags were strategically chosen to enhance the electron density in the MOFs. The phase purity of the MOFs was established by PXRD, NMR spectroscopy, and finally by single‐crystal XRD. Single‐crystal structures of the MOFs‐12 and 13 showed the formation of three‐dimensional porous networks with the aromatic tags projecting inwardly into the pores. These electron‐rich MOFs were utilized for detection of explosive nitroaromatic compounds (NACs) through fluorescence quenching with high selectivity and sensitivity. The rate of fluorescence quenching for all the MOFs follows the order of electron deficiency of the NACs. We also showed the detection of picric acid (PA) by luminescent MOFs is not always reliable and can be misleading. This attracts our attention to explore these MOFs for sensing picryl chloride (PC), which is as explosive as picric acid and used widely to prepare more stable explosives like 2,4,6‐trinitroaniline from PA. Moreover, the recyclability and sensitivity studies indicated that these MOFs can be reused several times with parts per billion (ppb) levels of sensitivity towards PC and 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT).     

Highly emissive triphenylamine based fluorophores for detection of picric acid

Triphenylamine based, dumbbell shaped, highly fluorescent compound 1 was designed and synthesized. Compound 1 showed blue emission with quantum efficiency as high as 0.78 in benzene solution. Compound 1 showed turn-off sensitivity to picric acid, which is a common constituent of many powerful explosives and unavoidable environmental threats. The turn-off sensitivity to picric acid is attributed to the excited state charge transfer from compound 1 to picric acid. Compound 1 selectively senses picric acid with a detection limit of ∼400 ppb.     

Mercury assisted fluorescent supramolecular assembly of hexaphenylbenzene derivative for femtogram detection of picric acid

Aggregates of hexaphenylbenzene derivatives 3, having pyrene groups form network of fluorescent nanofibres in presence of mercury ions. Further, fluorescent nanofibres of 3-Hg²⁺ supramolecular ensemble exhibit sensitive and pronounced response towards the picric acid. In addition, the solution coated paper strips of 3-Hg²⁺ supramolecular ensemble can detect picric acid in the range of 2.29 fg/cm², thus, providing a simple, portable and low cost method for detection of picric acid in solution and in contact mode.     

Explosives Sensing by Using Electron‐Rich Supramolecular Polymers: Role of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Significant Enhancement of Sensitivity

We demonstrate here that supramolecular interactions enhance the sensitivity towards detection of electron‐deficient nitro‐aromatic compounds (NACs) over discrete analogues. NACs are the most commonly used explosive ingredients and are common constituents of many unexploded landmines used during World War II. In this study, we have synthesised a series of pyrene‐based polycarboxylic acids along with their corresponding discrete esters. Due to the electron richness and the fluorescent behaviour of the pyrene moiety, all the compounds act as sensors for electron‐deficient NACs through a fluorescence quenching mechanism. A Stern–Volmer quenching constant determination revealed that the carboxylic acids are more sensitive than the corresponding esters towards NACs in solution. The high sensitivity of the acids was attributed to supramolecular polymer formation through hydrogen bonding in the case of the acids, and the enhancement mechanism is based on an exciton energy migration upon excitation along the hydrogen‐bond backbone. The presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonding in the acids in solution was established by solvent‐dependent fluorescence studies and dynamic light scattering (DLS) experiments. In addition, the importance of intermolecular hydrogen bonds in solid‐state sensing was further explored by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) experiments at the liquid–solid interface, in which structures of self‐assembled monolayer of the acids and the corresponding esters were compared. The sensitivity tests revealed that these supramolecular sensors can even detect picric acid and trinitrotoluene in solution at levels as low as parts per trillion (ppt), which is much below the recommended permissible level of these constituents in drinking water.