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A Personal Journey across Fluorescent Sensing and Logic Associated with Polymers of Various Kinds
Our experiences concerning fluorescent molecular sensing and logic devices and their intersections with polymer science are the foci of this brief review. Proton-, metal ion- and polarity-responsive cases of these devices are placed in polymeric micro- or nano-environments, some of which involve pha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723954/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31416199 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11081351 |
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author | Yao, Chao-Yi Uchiyama, Seiichi de Silva, A. Prasanna |
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description | Our experiences concerning fluorescent molecular sensing and logic devices and their intersections with polymer science are the foci of this brief review. Proton-, metal ion- and polarity-responsive cases of these devices are placed in polymeric micro- or nano-environments, some of which involve phase separation. This leads to mapping of chemical species on the nanoscale. These devices also take advantage of thermal properties of some polymers in water in order to reincarnate themselves as thermometers. When the phase separation leads to particles, the latter can be labelled with identification tags based on molecular logic. Such particles also give rise to reusable sensors, although molecular-scale resolution is sacrificed in the process. Polymeric nano-environments also help to organize rather complex molecular logic systems from their simple components. Overall, our little experiences suggest that researchers in sensing and logic would benefit if they assimilate polymer concepts. |
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spelling | pubmed-67239542019-09-10 A Personal Journey across Fluorescent Sensing and Logic Associated with Polymers of Various Kinds Yao, Chao-Yi Uchiyama, Seiichi de Silva, A. Prasanna Polymers (Basel) Review Our experiences concerning fluorescent molecular sensing and logic devices and their intersections with polymer science are the foci of this brief review. Proton-, metal ion- and polarity-responsive cases of these devices are placed in polymeric micro- or nano-environments, some of which involve phase separation. This leads to mapping of chemical species on the nanoscale. These devices also take advantage of thermal properties of some polymers in water in order to reincarnate themselves as thermometers. When the phase separation leads to particles, the latter can be labelled with identification tags based on molecular logic. Such particles also give rise to reusable sensors, although molecular-scale resolution is sacrificed in the process. Polymeric nano-environments also help to organize rather complex molecular logic systems from their simple components. Overall, our little experiences suggest that researchers in sensing and logic would benefit if they assimilate polymer concepts. MDPI 2019-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6723954/ /pubmed/31416199 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11081351 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Yao, Chao-Yi Uchiyama, Seiichi de Silva, A. Prasanna A Personal Journey across Fluorescent Sensing and Logic Associated with Polymers of Various Kinds |
title | A Personal Journey across Fluorescent Sensing and Logic Associated with Polymers of Various Kinds |
title_full | A Personal Journey across Fluorescent Sensing and Logic Associated with Polymers of Various Kinds |
title_fullStr | A Personal Journey across Fluorescent Sensing and Logic Associated with Polymers of Various Kinds |
title_full_unstemmed | A Personal Journey across Fluorescent Sensing and Logic Associated with Polymers of Various Kinds |
title_short | A Personal Journey across Fluorescent Sensing and Logic Associated with Polymers of Various Kinds |
title_sort | personal journey across fluorescent sensing and logic associated with polymers of various kinds |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723954/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31416199 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym11081351 |
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