摘要
We report the first use of organic semiconductors (OSCs)-coated PAN nanofibrous mats as highly responsive fluorescence quenching-based chemosensors for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and H2O2 detection in vapor phase. Conjugated polymers, poly(triphenylaminealt-biphenylene vinylene) (TPA- PBPV), and small organic molecules, l-horonic-ester pyrene and 1,6-bisboron-ester pyrene, were coated onto the nanofibers fabricated by electrospinning. By introducing the nanofibers structure, a 9-fold fluorescence intensity enhancement and a 14-fold sensitivity enhancement were achieved, which could be attributed to its high area-to-volume ratio, excellent gas permeability, and more importantly, the evanescent-wave effect occurred once the diameters of the fibers were small enough. Since the organic semiconductors coated onto the nanofibrous mats could be replaced by other functional materials, the nanofibers-enhanced detection strategies could be extended to more general domains including chemical and environmental detection.
We report the first use of organic semiconductors (OSCs)-coated PAN nanofibrous mats as highly responsive fluorescence quenching-based chemosensors for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and H2O2 detection in vapor phase. Conjugated polymers, poly(triphenylaminealt-biphenylene vinylene) (TPA- PBPV), and small organic molecules, l-horonic-ester pyrene and 1,6-bisboron-ester pyrene, were coated onto the nanofibers fabricated by electrospinning. By introducing the nanofibers structure, a 9-fold fluorescence intensity enhancement and a 14-fold sensitivity enhancement were achieved, which could be attributed to its high area-to-volume ratio, excellent gas permeability, and more importantly, the evanescent-wave effect occurred once the diameters of the fibers were small enough. Since the organic semiconductors coated onto the nanofibrous mats could be replaced by other functional materials, the nanofibers-enhanced detection strategies could be extended to more general domains including chemical and environmental detection.
基金
the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51003118, 21273267)
the Research Programs from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2012BAK06B03)
the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee(No.11JC1414700)
the Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University