Widely Applicable AIE Chemosensor for On-Site Fast Detection of Drugs Based on the POSS-Core Dendrimer with the Controlled Self-Assembly Mechanism

Langmuir. 2019 Feb 19;35(7):2649-2654. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03275. Epub 2019 Feb 5.

Abstract

A novel fluorescence chemosensor that can quickly on-site detect synthetic drugs and undergo prescreening is first reported. An eight tetraphenylethene (TPE)-modified polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) dendrimer is designed and synthesized as an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) chemosensor, which exhibits great enhancement of unique monomer emission in pure tetrahydrofuran (THF) and AIE emission in THF/water, thanks to forming different self-assembly morphologies. In addition, POSS-TPE can sensitively detect methamphetamine and ketamine even in artificial saliva by noncovalent interaction forces. It has great potential to be a new widely applicable AIE chemosensor for aromatic molecules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Dendrimers / chemical synthesis
  • Dendrimers / chemistry*
  • Dendrimers / radiation effects
  • Ketamine / analysis*
  • Methamphetamine / analysis*
  • Organosilicon Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Organosilicon Compounds / chemistry*
  • Organosilicon Compounds / radiation effects
  • Saliva / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods
  • Stilbenes / chemical synthesis
  • Stilbenes / chemistry*
  • Stilbenes / radiation effects
  • Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

  • Dendrimers
  • Organosilicon Compounds
  • Stilbenes
  • Methamphetamine
  • Ketamine