Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia

Micro-Capillary Coatings Based on Spiropyran Polymeric Brushes for Metal Ion Binding, Detection, and Release in Continuo...

Published in Sensors

Micro-capillaries, capable of light-regulated binding and qualitative detection of divalent metal ions in continuous flow, have been realised through functionalisation with spiropyran photochromic brush-type coatings. Upon irradiation with UV light, the coating switches from the passive non-binding spiropyran form to the active merocyanine form, wh...