کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5031335 | 1470933 | 2018 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- Fluorescent indicator cross-linker integrated into MIP layer on silica particles.
- 2,4-D is indicated sensitively via hydrogen bond-mediated fluorescence enhancement.
- MIPs combined with droplet 3D microfluidics preserve noncovalent binding from water.
- Phase-transfer fluorescence assay enables direct analysis of waters without clean-up.
Fluorescent sensory MIP (molecularly imprinted polymer) particles were combined with a droplet-based 3D microfluidic system for the selective determination of a prototype small-molecule analyte of environmental concern, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid or 2,4-D, at nanomolar concentration directly in water samples. A tailor-made fluorescent indicator cross-linker was thus designed that translates the binding event directly into an enhanced fluorescence signal. The phenoxazinone-type cross-linker was co-polymerized into a thin MIP layer grafted from the surface of silica microparticles following a RAFT (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) polymerization protocol. While the indicator cross-linker outperformed its corresponding monomer twin, establishment of a phase-transfer protocol was essential to guarantee that the hydrogen bond-mediated signalling mechanism between the urea binding site on the indicator cross-linker and the carboxylate group of the analyte was still operative upon real sample analysis. The latter was achieved by integration of the fluorescent core-shell MIP sensor particles into a modular microfluidic platform that allows for an in-line phase-transfer assay, extracting the analyte from aqueous sample droplets into the organic phase that contains the sensor particles. Real-time fluorescence determination of 2,4-D down to 20Â nM was realized with the system and applied for the analysis of various surface water samples collected from different parts of the world.
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Journal: Biosensors and Bioelectronics - Volume 99, 15 January 2018, Pages 244-250