title: Glucose sensing via polyanion formation and induced pyrene excimer emission.
abstract: Glucose binding to boronic acid functional groups attached to a synthetic polymer in an aqueous solution effectively turns the polymer into a polyanion, which induces the aggregation of the positively charged trimethylpentylammonium pyrene derivative, leading to a strong excimer emission and the development of a ratiometric fluorescence glucose probe.
authors.affiliation: Center for Carbon-Rich Molecular and Nanoscale Metal-Based Materials Research, Department of Chemistry and HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, PR China.
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Vivian Wing-Wah
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Yam
mesh_terms: D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D000071228:Polyelectrolytes; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001897:Boronic Acids; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005947:Glucose; D000071228:Polyelectrolytes; D011108:Polymers; D011721:Pyrenes; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; C049684:trimethylpentylammonium; C030984:pyrene