title: A Self-Assembled Ratiometric Polymeric Nanoprobe for Highly Selective Fluorescence Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide.
abstract: In this study, a dual-emission fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) polymeric nanoprobe by single-wavelength excitation was developed for sensitive and selective hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) detection. Polymeric nanoprobe was prepared by simple self-assembly of functional lipopolymers, which were 4-carboxy-3-fluorophenylboronic acid (FPBA)-modified DSPE-PEG (DSPE-PEG-FPBA) and 7-hydroxycoumarin (HC)-conjugated DSPE-PEG (DSPE-PEG-HC). Subsequent binding of alizarin red S (ARS) to FPBA endowed the nanoprobe with a new fluorescence emission peak at around 600 nm. Because of the perfect match of the fluorescence emission spectra of HC with the absorbance spectra of ARS-FPBA, FRET was achieved between them. The sensing strategy for H2O2was based on H2O2-induced deboronation reaction and boronic acid-mediated ARS fluorescence. Interaction between phenylboronic acid and ARS was revisited herein and it was found that electron-donating or -withdrawing group on phenylboronic acid (PBA) has significant influence on the fluorescence property of ARS, which enabled sensitive and selective H2O2sensing. The nanoprobe displayed two well-separated emission bands (150 nm), providing high specificity and sensitivity for ratiometric detection of H2O2. Further application was exploited for the determination of glucose and the results demonstrated that the proposed strategy showed ratiometric response capability for glucose detection. The current method does not involve complicated organic synthesis and opens a new avenue for the construction of multifunctional polymeric fluorescent nanoprobe.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University , Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chongchong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University , Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fengyang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University , Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yijing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University , Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhiai
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4391-2507
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 201203, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Haijun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University , Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang