title: A novel platform for sensing an amino acid by integrating hydrogel photonic crystals with ternary complexes.
abstract: A novel sensing platform based on the integration of hydrogel photonic crystals and ternary tetracycline-copper(II)-amino acid complexes has been proposed. Obvious and gradual diffraction wavelength shifts and color changes can be easily monitored during the stepwise coordination reaction process. This new strategy allows label-free detection and reversible sensing of glycine with high sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Li-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Yu