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Conducting Polymers with Molecular Recognition Elements:Design of Highly Sensitive Sensory Aterials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Timothy M. Swager ,
Michael J. Marsella ,
Qin Zhou  and
Robert J. Newland
Timothy M. Swager
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104–6323
Michael J. Marsella
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104–6323
Qin Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104–6323
Robert J. Newland
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan College of New Jersey, 201, Mullical Hill Rd., Glassboro, NJ 08028–1701
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Abstract

A number of approaches to the design and synthesis of conducting polymer-based sensory materials are presented. To elicit a selective sensory response synthetic receptors have been integrated into the polymers such that binding of an analyte produces electronic, electrostatic, and/or structural perturbations. A key element is the use of assemblies of many receptors which are “wired in series” by a conjugated polymeric structure. It is demonstrated that this configuration produces an inherent sensitivity gain over single isolated receptor-based sensory molecules.

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