A flexible and superhydrophobic upconversion-luminescence membrane as an ultrasensitive fluorescence sensor for single droplet detection

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Kui Chao ^a   Zhang, Zhen Yi ^a   Shan, Chong Xin ^b,c   Feng, Zhi Qing ^a   Li, Jia Su ^a   Song, Chun Lei ^a   Bao, Ya Nan ^a   Qi, Xiao Hui ^a   Dong, Bin ^a  

^a DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electrospinning; fibrous membrane; fluorescence resonance energy transfer; fluorescence sensor; superhydrophobic surface; upconversion luminescence

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUMINESCENCE; MEMBRANES; SPINNING (FIBERS); YTTERBIUM;

ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SENSORS; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; ULTRASENSITIVE FLUORESCENCE; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84982170196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2016.136     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Avouris P, Freitag M, Perebeinos V. Carbon-nanotube photonics and optoelectronics. Nat Photonics 2008; 2: 341-350.
2. 2 dispersed on PMMA opal photonic crystals and highly improved oxygen sensing performance. Light Sci Appl 2014; 3: e209, doi:10.1038/lsa.2014.90.
3. Huang XY, Han SY, Huang W, Liu XG. Enhancing solar cell efficiency: the search for luminescent materials as spectral converters. Chem Soc Rev 2013; 42: 173-201.
4. Gai SL, Li CX, Yang PP, Lin J. Recent progress in rare earth micro/nanocrystals: soft chemical synthesis, luminescent properties, and biomedical applications. Chem Rev 2014; 114: 2343-2389.
5. 4 upconversion nanoprobes for the detection of disease biomarkers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53: 1252-1257.
6. 3+ @silica fiber nanocomposite. Adv Funct Mater 2011; 21: 2356-2365.
7. 3/Au upconversion nanocomposites with broad-band excitation for solar cells. J Phys Chem C 2014; 118: 3258-3265.
8. Zhang X, Yang PP, Dai YL, Ma PA, Li XJ et al. Multifunctional up-converting nano-composites with smart polymer brushes gated mesopores for cell imaging and thermo/pH dual-responsive drug controlled release. Adv Funct Mater 2013; 23: 4067-4078.
9. Ma PA, Xiao HH, Li XX, Li CX, Dai YL et al. Rational design of multifunctional upconversion nanocrystals/polymer nanocomposites for cisplatin (IV) delivery and biomedical imaging. Adv Mater 2013; 25: 4898-4905.
10. 2 core-shell nanoparticles. ACS Catal 2013; 3: 405-412.
11. Xu S, Xu SH, Zhu YS, Xu W, Zhou PW et al. A novel upconversion, fluorescence resonance energy transfer biosensor (FRET) for sensitive detection of lead ions in human serum. Nanoscale 2014; 6: 12573-12579.
12. 2 nanoparticles and their multi-functions: dual mode temperature sensing and cell imaging. Nanoscale 2013; 5: 8541-8549.
13. Li ZQ, Zhang Y, Jiang S. Multicolor core/shell-structured upconversion fluorescent nanoparticles. Adv Mater 2008; 20: 4765-4769.
14. 3+ upconvert-ing nanoparticles. Nanoscale 2010; 2: 495-498.
15. 4 upconversion nanocrystals for sensitive bioimaging in vivo. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133: 17122-17125.
16. 4: Yb, Er nanocrystals via a direct assembly method. Chem Commun 2009; 29: 4393-4395.
17. 4 nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130: 5642-5643.
18. 3+ upconversion nanophosphors. Chem Commun 2009; 43: 6628-6630.
19. Burns JH. Crystal structure of hexagonal sodium neodymium fluoride and related compounds. Inorg Chem 1965; 4: 881-886.
20. 3+ system. Light Sci Appl 2015; 4: e239, doi:10.1038/lsa.2015.12.
21. 3+ clusters. Light Sci Appl 2014; 3: e193, doi:10.1038/lsa.2014.74.
22. Bakalova R, Ohba H, Zhelev Z, Ishikawa M, Baba Y. Quantum dots as photosensitizers? Nat Biotechnol 2004; 22: 1360-1361.
23. Liu JL, Liu Y, Liu Q, Li CY, Sun LN et al. Iridium(III) complex-coated nanosystem for ratiometric upconversion luminescence bioimaging of cyanide anions. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133: 15276-15279.
24. Chen R, Shen YQ, Xiao F, Liu B, Gurzadyan GG et al. Surface Eu-treated ZnO nanowires with efficient red emission. J Phys Chem C 2010; 114: 18081-18084.
25. 4 nanocrystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50: 6306-6310.
26. Kuningas K, Rantanen T, Ukonaho T, Lövgren T, Soukka T. Homogeneous assay technology based on upconverting phosphors. Anal Chem 2005; 77: 7348-7355.
27. 2 composites. J Phys Chem C 2012; 116: 13458-13462.
28. Chen R, Ta VD, Xiao F, Zhang QY, Sun HD. Multicolor hybrid upconversion nanoparticles and their improved performance as luminescence temperature sensors due to energy transfer. Small 2013; 9: 1052-1057.
29. 2 inverse opal composite films: a novel device for upconversion enhancement and solid-based sensing of avidin. Nanoscale 2014; 6: 5859-5870.
30. Zhang ZY, Shao CL, Gao F, Li XH, Liu YC. Enhanced ultraviolet emission from highly dispersed ZnO quantum dots embedded in poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) electrospun nanofibers. J Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 347: 215-220.
31. 4/polymer composite fibers prepared by electrospinning. J Phys Chem C 2008; 112: 1435-1440.
32. 3+ nanoparticles embedded into PVP nanotubes with controllable diameters. J Phys Chem C 2012; 116: 5787-5791.
33. Sui XM, Shao CL, Liu YC. White-light emission of polyvinyl alcohol/ZnO hybrid nanofibers prepared by electrospinning. Appl Phys Lett 2005; 87: 113115.
34. Fridrikh SV, Yu JH, Brenner MP, Rutledge GC. Controlling the fiber diameter during electrospinning. Phys Rev Lett 2003; 90: 144502.
35. He D, Hu B, Yao QF, Wang K, Yu SH. Large-scale synthesis of flexible freestanding SERS substrates with high sensitivity: electrospun PVA nanofibers embedded with controlled alignment of silver nanoparticles. ACS Nano 2009; 3: 3993-4002.
36. Zhang CL, Lv KP, Cong HP, Yu SH. Controlled assemblies of gold nanorods in PVA nanofiber matrix as flexible free-standing SERS substrates by electrospinning. Small 2012; 8: 648-653.
37. Zhang CL, Lv KP, Hu NY, Yu L, Ren XF et al. Macroscopic-scale alignment of ultralong Ag nanowires in polymer nanofiber mat and their hierarchical structures by magnetic-field-assisted electrospinning. Small 2012; 8: 2936-2940.
38. Zhang CL, Lv KP, Huang HT, Cong HP, Yu SH. Co-assembly of Au nanorods with Ag nanowires within polymer nanofiber matrix for enhanced SERS property by electrospin-ning. Nanoscale 2012; 4: 5348-5355.
39. Jiang L, Zhao Y, Zhai J. A lotus-leaf-like superhydrophobic surface: a porous micro-sphere/nanofiber composite film prepared by electrohydrodynamics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004; 43: 4338-4341.
40. Patankar NA. On the modeling of hydrophobic contact angles on rough surfaces. Langmuir 2003; 19: 1249-1253.
41. 2 shell on ZnO nanowire array for ultraviolet-durable superhydrophobicity. Langmuir 2009; 25: 13619-13624.
42. Muthiah P, Hsu SH, Sigmund W. Coaxially electrospun PVDF-teflon AF and teflon AF-PVDF core-sheath nanofiber mats with superhydrophobic properties. Langmuir 2010; 26: 12483-12487.
43. Thomas III SW, Joly GD, Swager TM. Chemical sensors based on amplifying fluorescent conjugated polymers. Chem Rev 2007; 107: 1339-1386.
44. Feng FD, He F, An LL, Wang S, Li YL et al. Fluorescent conjugated polyelectrolytes for biomacromolecule detection. Adv Mater 2008; 20: 2959-2964.
45. Wang S, Bazan GC. Optically amplified RNA-protein detection methods using light-harvesting conjugated polymers. Adv Mater 2003; 15: 1425-1428.
46. 2 hybrid fluorescent nanoparticles for application to cellular imaging. Langmuir 2010; 26: 11774-11778.
47. He TC, Chen R, Lin WW, Huang F, Sun HD. Two-photon-pumped stimulated emission from ZnO single crystal. Appl Phys Lett 2011; 99: 081902.
48. Adachi K, Watanabe K, Yamazaki S. pH-responsive switchable aggregation phenomena of xanthene dyes adsorbed on tungsten(VI) oxide colloid surface. Ind Eng Chem Res 2014; 53: 13046-13057.
49. Dey D, Bhattacharjee D, Chakraborty S, Hussain SA. Effect of nanoclay laponite and pH on the energy transfer between fluorescent dyes. J Photoch Photobio A 2013; 252: 174-182.