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Photoreversible ion-binding using spiropyran modified silica microbeads

Scarmagnani, Silvia, Walsh, Zarah, Slater, Conor, Benito-Lopez, Fernando ORCID: 0000-0003-0699-5507, Macka, Mirek, Paull, Brett and Diamond, Dermot ORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839 (2010) Photoreversible ion-binding using spiropyran modified silica microbeads. International Journal of Nanomanufacturing, 5 (1/2). pp. 38-52. ISSN 1746-9392

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Abstract

In this paper, we report the covalent immobilisation of spiropyran on silica microbeads of 5 μm diameter and subsequent evaluation of the photoswitchable behaviour and light-modulated ion-binding properties of the spiropyran modified silica microbeads towards a range of different metal ions. The beads can be effectively switched using light emitting diodes between a white spiropyran form (by irradiation with a white 430–760 nm light emitting diode) and a pink merocyanine form (upon irradiation with a UV light 375 nm emitting diodes) that undergoes, under exposure to certain metal ions (such as Cu2+ and Zn2+, final concentration of 7.7 × 10–4 M in ethanol solution), a further reversible spectral and colour change due to the formation of merocyanine-metal ion complexes. Furthermore, the accumulated ions can subsequently released from the beads on demand using light emitting diodes to reform the inactive spiro form. Keywords: photoreversible ion binding;

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:photoreversible ion binding; spiropyran; functionalised silica microbeads; adaptive material; covalent immobilisation; molecular photoswitches; light emitting diodes; LED; nanomaterials;
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Analytical chemistry
Physical Sciences > Nanotechnology
Physical Sciences > Chemistry
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences
Research Initiatives and Centres > National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)
Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Publisher:Inderscience
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJNM.2010.029921
Copyright Information:Copyright © Inderscience
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland, SFI 03/IN.3/1361, SFI 07/RPF/MASF812, EC FP6, Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology, IRCSET 2089
ID Code:15116
Deposited On:01 Feb 2010 11:48 by Silvia Scarmagnani . Last Modified 18 Sep 2018 12:41

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