On the use of polymer-based composites for the creation of optical sensors: A review

P Melnikov, A Bobrov, Y Marfin - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymers are widely used in many areas, but often their individual properties are not
sufficient for use in certain applications. One of the solutions is the creation of polymer …

Optical sensors (optodes) for multiparameter chemical imaging: classification, challenges, and prospects

AV Kalinichev, SE Zieger, K Koren - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical gradients and uneven distribution of analytes are common in natural and artificial
systems. As a result, the ability to visualize chemical distributions in two or more dimensions …

Organosilica Nanosensors for Monitoring Spatiotemporal Changes in Oxygen Levels in Bacterial Cultures

GT Huynh, SS Tunny, JE Frith, L Meagher… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Oxygen plays a central role in aerobic metabolism, and while many approaches have been
developed to measure oxygen concentration in biological environments over time …

Development of optical chemosensors based on photochromic polymer nanocarriers

M Babazadeh-Mamaqani… - New Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of optical chemosensors for the photosensing of polarity and pH of
aqueous media has been an interesting research area. The application of light-responsive …

An In Silico Molecular Modelling-Based Prediction of Potential Keap1 Inhibitors from Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. against Oxidative-Stress-Induced Diseases

S Vellur, P Pavadai, E Babkiewicz… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present study investigated the antioxidant potential of aqueous methanolic extracts of
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br., followed by a pharmacoinformatics-based screening of …

Sensors in a flash! oxygen nanosensors for microbial metabolic monitoring synthesized by flash nanoprecipitation

T Tien, SC Saccomano, PA Martin, MS Armstrong… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Flash nanoprecipitation (FNP) is an efficient and scalable nanoparticle synthesis method
that has not previously been applied to nanosensor fabrication. Current nanosensor …

Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion-Based Oxygen Sensors to Overcome the Limitation of Autofluorescence

AA Mendonsa, CC Soeldner, NE Mudd… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Autofluorescence is one of the many challenges in bioimaging as it can mask the emission
from fluorescent probes or markers, a limitation that can be overcome via upconversion …

Editors' Choice—Luminescent Oxygen Sensors: Valuable Tools for Spatiotemporal Exploration of Metabolism in In Vitro Systems

TZ Sodia, KJ Cash - ECS Sensors Plus, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A common biological theme on Earth is the importance of oxygen, regardless of an
organism's metabolic capabilities. This commonality makes the quantification of O 2 …

Persistent Luminescence Nanosensors: A Generalized Optode-Based Platform for Autofluorescence-Free Sensing in Biological Systems

TZ Sodia, HL Tetu, SC Saccomano, EG Letch… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent nanosensors have revolutionized diagnostics and our ability to monitor cellular
dynamics. Yet, distinguishing sensor signals from autofluorescence remains a challenge …

The impact of zwitterionic surfactants on optode-based nanosensors via different fabrication approaches and sensing mechanisms

AA Mendonsa, TZ Sodia, KJ Cash - Analyst, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we explored the impact of zwitterionic surfactants, sulfobetaine 16 (SB-16) and
a PEG-phospholipid conjugate (DSPE-PEG), on nanosensor performance. We fabricated …