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Copolythiophene-derived colorimetric and fluorometric sensor for lysophosphatidic acid based on multipoint interactions

  • Minhuan Lan
  • , Weimin Liu*
  • , Ying Wang
  • , Jiechao Ge
  • , Jiasheng Wu
  • , Hongyan Zhang
  • , Jianhong Chen
  • , Wenjun Zhang
  • , Pengfei Wang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

Abstract

3-Phenylthiophene-based water-soluble copolythiophenes (CPT9) were designed for colorimetric and fluorometric detection of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) based on electrostatic interaction, hydrophobic interaction, and hydrogen bonding. Other negatively charged species gave nearly no interference, and the detection limit reached to 0.6 μM, which is below the requisite detection limits for LPA in human plasma samples. The appealing performance of CPT9 was demonstrated to originate from the multipoint interaction-induced conformational change of conjugated backbone and weakened electron transfer effect. To our best knowledge, this is the first polythiophene based optical sensor which displays emission peak red-shift followed with fluorescence enhancement. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2283-2288
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Mar 2013

Research Keywords

  • biosensors
  • colorimetric
  • conjugated polythiophene
  • electron transfer
  • lysophosphatidic acid
  • ratiometric fluorescent

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