title: Molecular imprinted opal closest-packing photonic crystals for the detection of trace 17β-estradiol in aqueous solution.
abstract: A novel opal closest-packing (OCP) photonic crystal (PC) was prepared by the introduction of molecular imprinting technique into the OCP PC. This molecular imprinted (MI)-OCP PC was fabricated via a vertical convective self-assembly method using 17β-estradiol (E2) as template molecules for monitoring E2 in aqueous solution. Morphology characterization showed that the MI-OCP PC possessed a highly ordered three-dimensional (3D) periodically-ordered structure, showing the desired structural color. The proposed PC material displayed a reduced reflection intensity when detecting E2 in water environment, because the molecular imprinting recognition events make the optical characteristics of PC change. The Bragg diffraction intensity decreased by 19.864 a.u. with the increase of E2 concentration from 1.5 ng mL(-1) to 364.5 ng mL(-1) within 6 min, whereas there were no obvious peak intensity changes for estriol, estrone, cholesterol, testosterone and diethylstilbestrol, indicating that the MI-OCP PC had selective and rapid response for E2 molecules. The adsorption results showed that the OCP structure and homogeneous layers were created in the MI-OCP PC with higher adsorption capacity. Thus, it was learned the MI-OCP PC is a simple prepared, sensitive, selective, and easy operative material, which shows promising use in routine supervision for residue detection in food and environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 300070 Tianjin, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, Institute of Health and Environment Medicine, 300050 Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sai
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 300070 Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Yuntang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 300070 Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 300070 Tianjin, China. Electronic address: huangguowei@tijmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guowei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, Institute of Health and Environment Medicine, 300050 Tianjin, China. Electronic address: Gaozhx@163.com.
authors.forename: Zhixian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D004958:Estradiol / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D054802:Molecular Imprinting; D017785:Photons; D012996:Solutions; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D004958:Estradiol
keywords: 17β-estradiol; Aqueous solution; Molecular imprinting; Opal closest-packing photonic crystal