Bio-inspired fabrication of lotus leaf like membranes as fluorescent sensing materials

  • Liping Heng
  • , Xinyi Wang
  • , Yongqiang Dong
  • , Jin Zhai*
  • , Ben Zhong Tang
  • , Tianxin Wei
  • , Lei Jiang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A fluorescent organic small molecule, hexaphenylsilole (HPS), has been used as a sensing material, while a HPS/polymethyl methacrylate composite film with a lotus leaf like structure is prepared by a simple electrospin method. The film shows high stability and excellent sensitivity for the metal ions Fe 3+ and Hg2+, respectively. The special surface morphology containing micro-/nanocomposite structure is attributed to the exhibition of these unusual properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1041-1045
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - An Asian Journal
Volume3
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jun 2008

Keywords

  • Fluorescence
  • Luminescence
  • Membranes
  • Nanostructures
  • Sensors

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