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.     

基于共轭聚合物的传感器荧光发射红移的策略:pH响应和酶活性检测中的应用

近年来,共轭聚合物(CPs)由于具有独特的光电特性而备受关注。CPs由大量重复的共轭单元组成,相对于小分子,它具有长程π电子共轭、强吸光能力、能带可调以及结构修饰多样性等特点。共轭聚合物受激发后,其能量可沿着分子主链快速迁移到一个受体分子,使受体分子的荧光信号成倍的增加,从而可以提高检测的灵敏度。国内外多个研究组利用CPs的传感信号放大效应设计了一系列高选择性和高灵敏性的生物传感器和化学传感器,用来检测DNA,RNA,     

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。     

基于水溶性共轭聚合物的蛋白质检测*

近年来,以共轭聚合物作为生物传感元件,在生物大分子（如核酸、蛋白质）特异性识别、检测方面的研究越来越受到人们的关注。共轭聚合物具有强的光捕获能力,具有倍增光学响应性,可用来放大荧光传感信号,大大提高检测的灵敏度,为生物传感器的发展提供了新的传感模式。基于共轭聚合物的新型生物传感器在医疗诊断、环境检测以及国家安全防御等方面具有广泛的应用前景。本文简要介绍了共轭聚合物的荧光信号放大机制以及在蛋白质、酶、抗原－抗体检测方面的应用。最后对共轭聚合物在蛋白质检测方面的未来发展趋势进行了展望。     

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。     

共轭聚合物为基础的荧光传感器

近年来,借助共轭聚合物的荧光发射与淬灭过程开发化学与生物传感技术成为倍受关注并获得迅速发展的研究领域。由于共轭聚合物能够沿分子链进行能量和电荷传导,从而产生信号放大现象,这类传感器通常都具有较高的灵敏度。本文主要通过对几种具有代表性的此类化学/生物传感器的举例说明,概述荧光共轭聚合物的传感机理,并简要介绍这一领域的发展状况。     

基于荧光共轭聚电解质的生物分子检测*

共轭聚电解质综合了传统共轭聚合物的光电性质和聚电解质的水溶性特点,使其在新一代化学生物荧光传感器中获得多种应用。本文总结了近五年来报道的共轭聚电解质（聚芴、聚噻吩、聚苯撑乙烯、聚苯撑乙炔等）用于检测生物分子的研究进展,并对共轭聚电解质的应用前景进行了展望。     

水溶性共轭聚合物在生物传感中的应用

水溶性共轭聚合物在化学、医学、生命科学以及材料科学等领域中备受研究者们的关注,利用其独特的光化学和光物理性质,研究者们开展了一系列创新性研究并取得了重大的研究进展,进而拓展了聚合物的应用范围.共轭聚合物是一种由多个重复发光单元通过彼此间共轭而形成的高分子化合物,通过对其结构的精准调控,可以获得具有不同性能的功能性分子.其中,通过改变其主链结构,可以获得具有不同吸收和发射波长的荧光探针;通过对侧链结构修饰以水溶性基团和/或选择性识别分子,可以实现与特定靶标间的静电作用或者特异性结合,进而实现选择性识别的目的.本文综述了近年来水溶性共轭聚合物在生物传感中的应用,主要介绍了水溶性共轭聚合物在DNA检测、蛋白质检测、细胞和细菌的检测与区分以及细胞成像等方面的研究进展.     

分子印迹荧光传感构建及应用

构建一个高灵敏、高选择性检测痕量分析物的传感器广受科研工作者关注。分子印迹技术由于具有高选择性识别、高容量吸附、快速结合、热稳定性以及低成本等优点,已广泛应用于传感构建领域。以分子印迹聚合物为识别单元,结合荧光传感技术所构建的分子印迹荧光传感器在环境污染物痕量检测方面成为研究重点。本文主要介绍分子印迹聚合物的制备方法,总结分子印迹荧光传感器的构建机理和分子印迹荧光传感器在金属离子、有机小分子以及生物大分子检测方面的应用。重点探讨分子印迹传感器在不同数量的荧光团下检测一种或多种目标分析物的方法,包括单一荧光团检测单一目标物、比率荧光检测单一目标物以及分子印迹荧光传感的多元检测。基于以上分析和总结,提出分子印迹荧光传感器的当前挑战和发展前景。     

基于阳离子荧光共轭聚合物和核酸适体探针的蛋白质检测新方法

以核酸适体为识别分子, 阳离子荧光共轭聚合物为报告分子, 建立了一种蛋白质检测新方法. 修饰有荧光熄灭基团的核酸适体探针通过静电作用与阳离子荧光共轭聚合物结合, 导致后者荧光熄灭. 当加入靶蛋白后, 核酸适体探针与其特异性结合, 荧光熄灭基团与阳离子荧光共轭聚合物远离, 聚合物荧光信号得以恢复. 实验结果表明, 荧光恢复程度与靶蛋白的浓度正相关. 采用该方法检测凝血酶的线性范围为17～40 nmol/L.     

Photophysical studies of anion-induced colorimetric response and amplified fluorescence quenching in dipyrrolylquinoxaline-containing conjugated polymers

The dipyrrolylquinoxaline (DPQ)-containing monomer and polymers were synthesized and employed as chromogenic and fluorescent chemosensors for inorganic anions. We have found that in the presence of fluoride or pyrophosphate, the receptors do not form hydrogen bonds between the pyrrole protons and anions. The colorimetric responses and fluorescence quenching in these chemosensors are indeed the result of deprotonation of the N-H proton. The anion selectivity is primarily determined by the relative basicity of anions. The sensitivity of DPQ-based chemosensor was found to display a 34-fold enhancement by incorporation into the conjugated polymer. The anion-induced deprotonation generates low-energy, non-fluorescent trapping sites and is responsible for the signal amplification where the quenching of the excited state occurs from the deprotonated DPQ site in the network by rapid exciton migration along the polymeric backbone.     

Recent progress on polymer-based fluorescent and colorimetric chemosensors

Recently, fluorescent or colorimetric chemosensors based on polymers have attracted great attention due to several important advantages, such as their simplicity of use, signal amplification, easy fabrication into devices, and combination of different outputs, etc. This tutorial review will cover polymer-based optical chemosensors from 2007 to 2010.     

Chemical sensors based on π-conjugated organic molecules and gold nanoparticles

Scientists have developed techniques for synthesizing and characterizing many new materials including conjugated small molecules, polymers and gold particles protected by conjugated organic chromophores for testing specific sensing properties in the past decade. Still, the design and synthesis or supermolecular systems fabrication of novel materials with controlled sensing properties is a significant and ongoing challenge within nanoscience and nanotechnology. Recently, our group has successfully constructed a series of chemosensors using small organic molecules, conjugated polymers and gold nanoparticles for real-time detection of specific analytes. The chemosensors show high selectivity and sensitivity in the detection of cations and biologic analytes and thus are potentially promising for applications in sensing assay system. In this review, recent sutdies on the design, synthesis and photo-physical properties of novel materials and construct of chemosensors are summarized with an emphasis on the development in our groups in recent years. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20531060, 20721061 & 20873155), and the National Basic Research 973 Programme of China (Grant No. 2007CB936401)     

Highly sensitive detection of nitroaromatic explosives using an electrospun nanofibrous sensor based on a novel fluorescent conjugated polymer

An electrospun nanofibrous explosive sensor was first constructed based on a newly developed fluorescent conjugated polymer P containing heteroatom polycyclic units. Electrospinning by doping polymer P as a fluorescent probe in a polystyrene supporting matrix afforded a fluorescence nanofibrous film with unique porous structures, and effectively avoided the aggregation of polymer P. The novel explosive sensor exhibited stable fluorescence property, satisfactory reversibility with less than 5% loss of signal intensity after four quenching–regeneration cycles, and good reproducibility among three batches with a relative standard deviation of 2.8%. Such fabricated sensor also showed remarkable sensitivity toward a series of trace nitroaromatic explosive vapors, including picric acid (parts-per-trillion level) and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene vapor (parts-per-billion level), as well as good selectivity with less than 10% response to typical interferents. Therefore, the present strategy extends the application of different kinds of conjugated polymers for the construction of optical chemosensors.     

香豆素类荧光传感器

荧光传感器能够将分子识别的信息转换成荧光信号,荧光法在灵敏度、选择性和实时原位检测等方面优势突出。实时检测被分析物的水平已引起包括化学家、生物学家、临床生物化学家和环境学家的极大兴趣。以香豆素为基础的荧光传感器近年来已成为一个新兴的研究热点。本文综述了香豆素类荧光传感器在阳离子、阴离子、中性分子识别检测中的分子设计、作用机理和应用效果,展望了该领域的发展方向。     

Chemosensory performance of molecularly imprinted fluorescent conjugated polymer materials

Fluorescent conjugated polymers are an attractive basis for the design of low detection limit sensing devices owing to their intrinsic signal amplification capability. A simple and universal method to rationally control or fine-tune the chemodetection selectivity of conjugated polymer materials toward a desired analytical target would further benefit their applications. In a quest of such a method we investigated a general approach to cross-linked molecularly imprinted fluorescent conjugated polymer (MICP) materials that possess an intrinsic capability for signal transduction and have potential to enhance selectivity and sensitivity of sensor devices based on conjugated polymers. To study these capabilities, we prepared an MICP material for the detection of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and related nitroaromatic compounds. We found the imprinting effect in this material to be based on analyte shape/size recognition being substantial and generally overcoming other competing thermodynamically determined trends. The described molecularly imprinted fluorescent conjugated polymers show remarkable air stability and photostability, high fluorescence quantum yield, and reversible analyte binding and therefore are advantageous for sensing applications due to the ability to "preprogram" their detection selectivity through a choice of an imprinted template.     

Polydiacetylene‐Based Electrospun Fibers for Detection of HCl Gas

Polydiacetylenes (PDAs), a family of conjugated polymers, are very intriguing materials in several aspects. Especially, the stimulus‐induced apparent blue‐to‐red transition of the PDAs has led to the development of a variety of PDA‐based chemosensors. In the current work, we synthesized PDA monomers bearing trimethyl amine (PCDA‐DMEDA) and incorporated them with Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) into electrospun fibers. For the first time, we successfully demonstrated that PDA‐based electrospun fibers can be used for the naked‐eye detection of HCl gas by simple color change (blue to red).     

Fluorescent and colorimetric sensors for detection of lead, cadmium, and mercury ions

Exposure to even very low levels of lead, cadmium, and mercury ions is known to cause neurological, reproductive, cardiovascular, and developmental disorders, which are more serious problems for children particularly. Accordingly, great efforts have been devoted to the development of fluorescent and colorimetric sensors, which can selectively detect lead, cadmium, and mercury ions. In this critical review, the fluorescent and colorimetric sensors are classified according to their receptors into several categories, including small molecule based sensors, calixarene based chemosensors, BODIPY based chemosensors, polymer based chemosensors, DNA functionalized sensing systems, protein based sensing systems and nanoparticle based sensing systems (197 references).     

Through bond energy transfer (TBET)-based fluorescent chemosensors

Excitation energy transfer is one of the crucial issues in photophysical and photochemical process of any muti-chromophoric molecular systems, such as energy harvester and fluorescent chemosensor. Through bond energy transfer (TBET)-based fluorescent chemosensors are composed of three main parts: energy donor, energy acceptor, and rigid linker. Comparing with the often used Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanism, TBET does not require spectral overlap, thus it may enable more possible combination of energy donors and acceptors to be employed and afford higher sensitivity toward targets through ratiometric fluorescence. In this review, we highlight the recent progress in the design and biological applications of the organic TBET-based fluorescent chemosensors during 2014–2019, which will provide profound guidance for designing powerful chemosensors as well as exploring further biological applications.