| Title: | Colorimetric Polydiacetylene-Aerogel Detector for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) |
| Author(s): | Dolai S; Bhunia SK; Beglaryan SS; Kolusheva S; Zeiri L; Jelinek R; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev , Beer Sheva 84105, Israel. Chemistry Department 'G. Ciamician', Green Chemistry Lab, University of Bologna , Via S. Alberto 163, 48100 Ravenna, Italy. Ilse Katz Institute for Nanotechnology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev , Beer Sheva 84105, Israel" |
| Journal Title: | ACS Appl Mater Interfaces |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1944-8252 (Electronic) 1944-8244 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A new hybrid system comprising polydiacetylene (PDA), a chromatic conjugated polymer, embedded within aerogel pores has been constructed. The PDA-aerogel powder underwent dramatic color changes in the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), facilitated through infiltration of the gas molecules into the highly porous aerogel matrix and their interactions with the aerogel-embedded PDA units. The PDA-aerogel composite exhibited rapid color/fluorescence response and enhanced signals upon exposure to low VOC concentrations. Encapsulation of PDA derivatives displaying different headgroups within the aerogel produced distinct VOC-dependent color transformations, forming a PDA-aerogel 'artificial nose'" |
| Keywords: | aerogel colorimetric sensors nanoporous materials polydiacetylene volatile organic compounds; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEDolai, Susmita Bhunia, Susanta Kumar Beglaryan, Stella S Kolusheva, Sofiya Zeiri, Leila Jelinek, Raz eng 2016/12/29 ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Jan 25; 9(3):2891-2898. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b14469. Epub 2017 Jan 10" |
