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Poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide) microgel‐based etalons for determining the concentration of ethanol in gasoline
Download2015-01-01
A device composed of a poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)‐based microgel layer sandwiched between two thin gold layers was used as a platform for determining the amount of ethanol in gasoline (octane number of 87). This device, also known as an etalon, has unique optical properties, which depend on the...
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2012
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) is one of the most completely studied “smart” polymers due to its unique reversible thermoresponsivity. That is, when pNIPAm in water is heated > ~31°C, it transits from a random coil to a globule conformation; this transition is reversed when T < ~31°C. This...
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Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel-based etalons for the label-free quantitation of estradiol-17β in aqueous solutions and milk samples
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Jiang, Yaxin, Colazo, Marcos G., Serpe, Michael J.
A novel estradiol-17β (E2) biosensor was constructed from poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) microgel-based etalons by modification of their outermost Au layer with an E2 binding 75-mer DNA aptamer. When E2 is not present in the solution, the aptamer forms a loose/linear structure that allows...
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2015-01-01
Islam, Molla R., Xie, Shuyi, Huang, Danqing, Smyth, Keady, Serpe, Michael J.
Optical sensors for environmental humidity have been constructed from poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-acrylic acid (pNIPAm-co-AAc) microgels. The devices were constructed by first depositing a monolithic layer of pNIPAm-co-AAc microgels on a Au-coated glass substrate followed by the addition of...
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2014
Ahiabu, Andrews, Islam, Molla R., Li, Xue, Serpe, Michael J.
Responsive polymer-based materials have found numerous applications due to their ease of synthesis and the variety of stimuli that they can be made responsive to. In this review, we highlight the group’s efforts utilizing thermoresponsive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) microgel-based...
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2016-01-01
Jiang, Yaxin, Colazo, Marcos G., Serpe, Michael J.
Progesterone (P4) is a vital steroid hormone involved in the reproduction cycle and necessary for maintenance of pregnancy in humans and animals. Monitoring P4 concentrations is required in various fields, such as dairy industry, environmental protection, and clinical laboratories. The current...
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Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-(acrylic acid) microgel/ag nanoparticle hybrids for the colorimetric sensing of H2O2
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Zhang, Qiang M., Serpe, Michael J., Han, De-Man
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-(acrylic acid) (pNIPAm-co-AAc) microgels composed of Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have been synthesized and employed for the colorimetric sensing of H2O2. Each pNIPAmco-AAc microgel, which exhibited a diameter of ∼800 nm, contained multiple Ag NPs (diameter of ∼5 nm),...
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2014
Serpe, Michael J., Islam, Molla R.
In this submission we fabricated a humidity-responsive polymer-based actuator by layering negatively charged poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-acrylic acid microgels and positively charged poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride) on top of a flexible plastic substrate. We show that the extent of the...
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Polymer-based devices for the label-free detection of DNA in solution: low DNA concentrations yield large signals
Download2014-01-01
Islam, Molla R., Serpe, Michael J.
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-(3-aminopropyl) methacrylamide hydrochloride) microgel-based optical devices (etalons) have been shown to change their optical properties in the presence of single-stranded DNA. We hypothesize that this is due to the negatively charged DNA penetrating through the...
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2017-01-01
Carvalho, Wildemar S. P., Wei, Menglian, Ikpo, Nduka, Gao, Yongfeng, Serpe, Michael J.
Reports in the literature on the development of new chemical sensing technologies have been growing steadily in number for years. For example, a Web of Science topic search using the term “Chemical Sensing” revealed that over 8 000 papers were published in 2015–2017, with over 40 000 citations to...