Materials Today Physics
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2021
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IF 9.298
Feichong Yao,Wenhao Xie,Ming Yang,Hang Zhang,Hongbo Gu,Ai Du,Nithesh Naik,David P. Young,Jing Lin,Zhanhu Guo
With the purpose of ameliorating the electrical property, permittivity and magnetoresistance of polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers , three types of phenylenediamine (PDA), including o -PDA, m -PDA, and p -PDA, and different contents of PDA have been incorporated into the PANI polymer backbone by the interfacial copolymerization of aniline with PDA. The results demonstrate that different types and contents of PDAs could disclose the distinct effects on the chemical structures , crystalline structures, and morphologies for copolymers of aniline with PDA affirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, solid-state 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance ( 13 C NMR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The molecular weight of all copolymers is reduced by several orders of magnitude relative to pure PANI nanofibers confirmed by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The resistivity variations for the copolymers of aniline with different types of PDAs are well explained from the point view of their molecular structures based on the first-principle simulations (i.e. intrachain electrical conductivity) and degree of crystallinity gained from XRD (i.e. interchain electrical conductivity). A tunable room-temperature magnetoresistance (MR) and a controllable negative permittivity are discovered in the copolymers of aniline with different types and contents of PDAs. This work provides a new insight for the manipulation of electrical transport for PANI nanofibers and helps seek the new applications of conductive polymer .
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 4.8
Li Huang,Shangying Qin,Yuanjin Xu,Shiqi Cheng,Jin Yang,Yilin Wang
MnO 2 nanosheets (MnO 2 NSs) were prepared and used as both oxidant of 3, 3′, 5, 5′- tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and recognizer of UA, a simple colorimetric approach for sensitive detection of uric acid (UA) was established. In the medium of weak acid, MnO 2 NSs exhibited strong oxidation capacity and could oxidize colorless TMB to generate a blue oxidation product (oxTMB) with an absorbance signal. However, the introduction of UA could inhibit MnO 2 NSs - mediated TMB oxidation and reduce the formation of oxTMB, resulting in the blue fading and the absorbance weakening. Under the conditions of incubation time 20 min, pH 3.0, TMB 0.5 mM, and MnO 2 NSs 50 μM, the decrease in absorbance was linearly dependent on UA concentration in the range of 0.5–30.0 μM with a detection limit of 0.21 μM. Furthermore, the approach has been applied for determining UA in human urine samples with recoveries between 93.1 and 102.4 % and relative standard deviation less than 3.0 %.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2021
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IF 7.46
Shixuan Su,Shanshan Li,Jing Hu,Ting Yu,Lingchen Tao,Fuliang Hu,Yunlei Xianyu
Royal jelly as a functional food has great potential to promote human health. As a unique ingredient in royal jelly, 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10-HDA) is a vital criterion to evaluate the quality of royal jelly. Current approaches for 10-HDA detection mainly rely on high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC), but it requires large-scale equipment and skilled technicians that are costly and time-consuming. Herein, we report a colorimetric sensing strategy for 10-HDA detection based on Ag(I) and tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), a widely used chromogenic reagent. Ag(I) can oxidize TMB to generate oxidized TMB (oxTMB) showing a light-blue color. Due to the chelation with Ag (I), the introduction of 10-HDA can prevent the generation of oxTMB that results in a color fading and a decrease in absorbance. This colorimetric sensing strategy enables highly sensitive detection of 10-HDA with a linear range from 1 μM to 10 μM and a limit of detection of 0.13 μM. More importantly, this 10-HDA assay allows for a visual readout either by a smartphone or the naked eye with low cost, convenience, and rapid response that has been successfully applied for evaluating the quality of royal jelly in actual samples. The sensing strategy developed in this work provides a new colorimetric approach that holds great promise as a point-of-care platform for the food industry.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2023
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IF 5.7
Lu Yuyang,Shen Nuotong,Xi Yachao,Zhu Tao,Peng Hao,Zhong Lihao,Li Fang
Mn 3 O 4 nanozyme with good oxidase-like activity was successfully synthesized. The prepared Mn 3 O 4 nanozyme can directly and effectively catalyze the oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to generate green–blue-colored ox-TMB. Creatinine exhibits distinct inhibition effect on Mn 3 O 4 nanozyme-catalyzed TMB colorimetric reaction system, leading to obvious color fading and absorbance intensity decrease of the reaction system. Furthermore, interference from uric acid can be effectively eliminated by regulating the pH of TMB-Mn 3 O 4 colorimetric reaction system to pH 2.0. Then, a simple and bioenzyme-free colorimetric assay for the determination of creatinine was developed based on TMB-Mn 3 O 4 colorimetric reaction. The linear detection range is from 100 to 800 μM and from 1 to 20 mM. The lowest limit of detection is 35.3 μM. Satisfied results are obtained for the determination of creatinine in real urine and sweat samples. This work provides the synthesis of a good oxidase-like nanozyme Mn 3 O 4 and presents the fabrication of an effective nanozyme-based bioenzyme-free colorimetric assay for the determination of creatinine. Graphical Abstract
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POLYMER
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2017
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IF 3.684
Ying Yan,Ningwei Sun,Xiaoteng Jia,Xincai Liu,Ce Wang,Danming Chao
Electroactive materials have gained increasing attention for their intelligent applications. In this work, we report the design and synthesis of a novel electrochromic and electrofluorochromic dual-switching polyurea bearing oligoaniline and fluorescent triphenylamine units (PUOT). Cyclic voltammogram of PUOT exhibits two reversible redox couples at 0.96 V/0.73 V and 1.36 V/1.11 V (vs. Ag/AgCl reference electrode), ascribed to the redox transformation of oligoaniline and triphenylamine groups, respectively. In this wide potential window (0–1.6 V), the PUOT film reveals a unique multistage regulated electrochromic behavior with maximal transmittance contrast value of 38% switching from 0.0 V to 1.0 V, and partial transmittance contrast value of 14% (0–1.6 V) and 24% (1.0–1.6 V). Furthermore, its electrofluorochromic behavior has also been disclosed at the potential range of 0–1.0 V, which demonstrates that the oligoaniline groups should be served as electroactive units in this electrofluorochromic system. Our research not only presents a deep understanding of the optical-electrical modulation mechanism but also paves the way for their future applications.
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 6.785
Xiao Zhang,Qin Yang,Yunhe Lang,Xia Jiang,Peng Wu
Horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-based assays feature particular interests because of the simple colorimetric readout. In these assays, 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) is the most widely used chromogenic substrates for HRP. The later research in nanozyme and DNAzyme also used TMB (the chosen substrate) because they are both HRP-mimics. It should be noted that the substrate of HRP is not just limited to TMB but, in fact, a broad range of benzidine derivatives. However, except decreased carcinogenicity due to tetrasubstitution of benzidine, the rationale for the chosen substrate TMB is not clear yet. Here, we addressed such a fundamental issue from the chemistry point of view. Nine benzidine derivatives featuring varied properties (different substitution groups and varied number of substitutions) were selected and investigated with four typical TMB-involved chromogenic systems. Among the existing benzidine substrates that are used for peroxidase-based assays, TMB exhibited the highest sensitivity, better color purity of colored products, and reasonable stability of oxidation products. Moreover, two tetrasubstituted benzidine derivatives other than TMB (4OCH3 and 2OCH32CH3) were synthesized for comparison. It turned out that the performances (sensitivity, color purity, and stability of the colored products) of TMB are still superior, thus chemically confirming its status of “the chosen substrate” in colorimetric assays.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 4.8
Menghua Liu,Shuangying Li,Zhi Li,Yanhui Li,Yue Zhang,Jingwen Niu,Linchun Nie,Chunmao Chen,Qingxiang Zhou
Amoxicillin is one of the most important semi-synthetic penicillin broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics and has achieved many applications. There are few reports on its application for synthesizing carbon dots (CDs). Present work explored the possibility of amoxicillin converted into CDs with sodium carbonate used as the co-reactant employing facile hydrothermal method. The obtained CDs exhibited good selectivity and sensitivity to benzidine and could be explored as an effective fluorescence probe for monitoring benzidine. The fluorescence intensity of CDs was quenched based on the principle of static quenching due to the formation of a non-fluorescent complex between CD and benzidine. Within the range of 0.2–2 μM and 2–16 μM, CDs possessed good linear characteristics, high sensitivity, and a low detection limit of 0.08 μM. The results demonstrated that the fluorescence probe possessed the merits of simplicity, rapidity, low cost, short analytical time, high selectivity and sensitivity, and good stability. According to the verification results from the real water samples, the fluorescence probe had high reliability and feasibility, and could be employed for monitoring benzidine in waters.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2022
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IF 4.831
Hong Zeng,Hongli Yang,Yue Tang,Xiaojuan Niu,Yuangen Wu
A facile and simple colorimetric biosensor was first established for paraquat (PQ) detection based on the aptamer-enhanced oxidation process of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) by Ag + . The study confirmed that the interaction of PQ-15 aptamer with Ag + accelerates the electron transfer from the aptamer-Ag + complex to dissolved oxygen, which enhances the release of superoxide anion radicals (O 2 ̇ − ) and facilitates the catalytic oxidation of the chromogenic substrate. PQ-15 aptamer will preferentially bind to PQ molecules, resulting in no further enhancement of the catalytic activity of Ag + . Molecular docking results revealed that the PQ molecules are attached to the stem-loop region of the PQ-15 aptamer through σ-π conjugation interactions. The proposed method is simple that only contains Ag + and corresponding aptamer. The limit of detection (LOD) of the constructed colorimetric biosensor for PQ detection was determined to be 16.5 μg·L -1 , belowing the maximum residue limit in fruits and vegetables set by the EU. Moreover, the colorimetric biosensor showed excellent selectivity and anti-interference properties, which was validated for detecting PQ residues in several typical agricultural and water samples.
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TALANTA
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2024
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IF 5.6
Mei Li,Ling Zhang,Wei Liu,Yan Jin,Baoxin Li
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles with surface oxygen vacancy (O V ) was found to catalyze the colorimetric reaction of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)−H 2 O 2 , and the absorbance of this TMB−H 2 O 2 –ZnO system was strongly dependent the O V concentration on surface of ZnO. By taking advantage of this phenomenon, one colorimetric method was proposed for quantifying surface O V in ZnO. The surface O V amount obtained through this colorimetric method matched well with that obtained through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This colorimetric method doesn't need any advanced instruments, and can be completed in any an ordinary laboratory. This colorimetric method for detecting surface O V amount was simple, rapid (about 15 min) and low-cost.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2017
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IF 5.401
Jing Lin,Pengjuan Ni,Yujing Sun,Yilin Wang,Li Wang,Zhuang Li
In this work, a simple, highly selective and sensitive method for detecting biothiols based on I − -H 2 O 2 -3,3’,5,5’-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) system is developed. The main determination mechanism of the colorimetric assay is that iodide could catalyze the oxidation of TMB in the presence of H 2 O 2 to form oxidized TMB (ox-TMB). With the introduction of biothiols, the biothiols cause the reduction of ox-TMB, accompanied with the color of the solution changing from the original blue to colorlessness. UV–vis absorption spectrum shows that the intensity of peak at 652 nm reduces largely. Other 20 kinds of amino acids have also been studied for proving the high sensitivity and selectivity of current approach. This colorimetric analysis method can be successfully applied to the practical sample determination with satisfactory results. The results indicated that this work is a facile, time-saving and cost-effective method for detecting biothiols.
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Frontiers in Chemistry
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2021
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IF 5.221
Zhang Zhikun,Zhao Wenmeng,Hu Cuixia,Cao Yapeng,Liu Yumin,Liu Qingju
L-Histidine (L-His) is an essential amino acid, which is used to synthesize proteins and enzymes. The concentration of L-His in the body is controlled to regulate tissue growth and repair of tissues. In this study, a rapid and sensitive method was developed for colorimetric L-his detection using Cu2+ ions to inhibit the oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)–H2O2 system. H2O2 can oxidize TMB to oxTMB in the presence of copper, and the change in color from colorless (TMB) to blue (oxTMB) is similar to that observed in the presence of peroxidase. However, because the imidazole ring and carboxyl group of L-His can coordinate with Cu2+ ions to form stable L-His–Cu2+ complexes, the color of the TMB–H2O2 solution remains unchanged after the addition of L-His. Therefore, because L-His effectively hinders the colorimetric reaction of TMB with H2O2, this assay can be used to quantitatively determine the concentration of L-His in samples. Under optimized conditions, our colorimetric sensor exhibited two linear ranges of 60 nM to 1 μM and 1 μM to 1 mM for L-His detection and a detection limit of 50 nM (S/N = 3); furthermore, the assay can be performed within 20 min. Moreover, the proposed assay was used to determine the concentration of L-His in urine samples, suggesting that this convenient and label-free colorimetric method presents promising applications in bioanalytical chemistry and clinical diagnosis.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2025
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Hongchao Ma,Xifeng Ma,Tiantian Dong,Xinyu Bian,Xiaokang Zhang,Yanhui Wei
Bioinspired nanozymes hold promise for simulating natural processes and creating optimized functional systems, but their application is hindered by limited catalytic activity and selectivity. These challenges can be addressed by reconstructing enzymatic active sites to enhance catalytic efficiency and integrating biological recognition units for specificity. In this work, we developed a peroxidase-mimicking nanozyme by stabilizing hemin on a supramolecular scaffold of diphenylalanine (FF) and glutaraldehyde (GA). To enable specific recognition, we conjugated a tetrodotoxin (TTX) aptamer, yielding the He@FF/GA-Apt composite nanozyme. This nanozyme demonstrated robust catalytic activity in 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) oxidation. The TTX aptamer conferred specific TTX recognition, with the aptamer-TTX complex blocking the nanozyme active site and reducing its activity. Based on this mechanism, we created a dual-mode TTX detection method using UV–vis spectroscopy and smartphone RGB analysis. The UV–vis mode achieved a linear range of 1.0–40.0 ng mL −1 and a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.61 ng mL −1 , while the smartphone mode had a LOD of 1.43 ng mL −1 in a linear range of 2.0–40.0 ng mL −1 . Both methods performed well in real samples, with recoveries of 96.29 %–102.57 % (UV–vis mode) and 92.07 %–109.46 % (RGB mode). In comparation, the UV–vis mode offers high sensitivity but requires lab equipment, whereas smartphone RGB mode enables rapid on-site detection despite a little lower sensitivity. This work provides a promising approach for developing target-specific nanozyme sensors.
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