title: Control of metal-enhanced fluorescence with pH- and thermoresponsive hybrid microgels.
abstract: In this paper, we report on the Ag nanoparticle-containing hybrid poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) (PNIPAM-co-PAA) microgels with pH- and thermoresponsive metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF). The hybrid microgels were prepared by in situ reducing Ag salts to Ag nanoparticles in the PNIPAM-co-PAA microgels. According to the interaction distance-dependent nature of MEF effects, we can realize a controllable MEF effect by adjusting the average interaction distance between fluorophores and Ag nanoparticles due to the good stimuli-responsive swelling-shrinking behavior of the hybrid microgels. The results show that MEF effect can be well tuned in the pH region 2-12 as well as the temperature region of 20-50 °C. By this method, an enhanced fluorescence detection can possibly be manipulated by adjusting external stimuli such as pH and temperature.
authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China.
authors: Fu
authors: F
authors: Tang
authors: Ning
authors: N
authors: Ma
authors: Lingyun
authors: L
authors: Tong
authors: Fang
authors: F
authors: He
authors: Lidong
authors: L
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D005453:Fluorescence; D005782:Gels; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
chemical_list: D005782:Gels