This Account describes a new strategy for the preparation of label-free sensor systems
based on the fluorogenic properties of the conjugated polymer, polydiacetylene (PDA). PDA …

Polydiacetylenes (PDAs) are a family of mechanochromic polymers that change color from
blue to red and emit fluorescence when exposed to external stimuli, making them extremely …

Supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) are popular models of cell membranes with potential
biotechnological applications and an understanding of the mechanisms of SLB formation is …

Potassium is an important cation in biology, and quantitative detection of the extracellular
potassium level is important. However, selective detection of extracellular physiological …

Conjugated polymers (CPs) are emerging materials for many useful applications. One of the
more attractive applications of CPs is for sensor design, due to the signal amplification …

A Cu (II) complex,[Cu (HL)(NO3)(CH3OH)]· CH3OH (1), was obtained by the reaction of Cu
(NO3) 2· 3H2O and H2L in methanol solvent (H2L is (E)-4-amino-N′-(2-hydroxy-3 …

Nature has evolved a great number of biological molecules which serve as excellent
constructional or functional units for metal–organic materials (MOMs). Even though the study …

Parylene is a family of chemically vapour deposited polymer with material properties that are
attractive for biomedicine and nanobiotechnology. Chemically inert parylene “peel-off” …

Intercellular communication is a hallmark of living systems. As such, engineering artificial
cells that possess this behavior has been at the heart of activities in bottom-up synthetic …

Self-assembled diacetylene vesicles were spotted and immobilized on aldehyde-modified
glass substrates using conventional microarray technology. Irradiation of the immobilized …