title: Efficient detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls via three-component energy transfer.
abstract: Reported herein is the detection of highly toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) via proximity-induced non-covalent energy transfer. This energy transfer occurs in the cavity of γ-cyclodextrin, and is efficient even with the most toxic PAHs and least fluorescent PCBs. The low limits of detection and potential for selective detection using array-based systems, combined with the straightforward experimental setup, make this new detection method particularly promising.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 51 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Serio
authors.forename: Kayla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Mindy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D004735:Energy Transfer; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005453:Fluorescence; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D047408:gamma-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D047408:gamma-Cyclodextrins; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; C023792:gamma-cyclodextrin