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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS
Volume 19, Issue -, Pages 20-34Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2013.10.005
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); Fluorescence sensors; Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence; Quencher; Composites
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB933402]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [21274074, 51161120361, 91027028]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-10-0524]
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The one-dimensional pi-conjugated structure endows carbon nanotube (CNT) with large specific surface area and excellent photophysical properties, thus providing a unique platform for the development of chemo- and biosensors based on optical signal output. Although CNT acts as an optical signal transducer, it does not own any intrinsic ability for the selective binding and recognition of analytes. Thus, hybridization of CNTs with functional components that specifically recognize various chemical and biomolecular analytes is often necessary in the preparation of CNT-based sensors. In this review, we summarize preparation and photophysical properties of CNT-based composites, and then highlight on fluorescence sensors based on CNT-composites. These composite sensors integrate the signal transduction property of CNT and the recognition properties of the hybridized functional components. The functional components selectively bind with the target analytes, whereas, CNTs transform the binding events into output signals detectable using spectrofluorometer. Particularly, we highlight on recent progress in the chemical and bimolecular sensors based on near-infrared fluorescence of semiconducting single-walled CNT (SWCNT) and the excellent fluorescence quenching ability of CNTs over conventional organic quenchers. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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