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POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 6, Issue 18, Pages 3529-3536Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5py00210a
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [21274131, 51273178, 51203139, 51303158]
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Mesoporous silica nanoparticles have been widely adopted in energy, biology and medicine due to their well-ordered and stable structures. Nevertheless, few attempts have been made to study these materials as a sensing tool. Herein, we report a smart sensor for the dual-detection of the pH value and temperature, which was implemented with environmentally responsive polyelectrolyte/mesoporous silica electrodes. Using SBA-15 silica as the framework, we functionalized the internal mesopores with DMAMEA monomer via surface-initiated RAFT polymerization (grafting-from method). By controlling the degree of polymerization, the pore size and the specific surface area can be precisely controlled. When the degree of polymerization was optimized to 75, the hybrid material showed significant sensitivity in response to the pH value in the range of 4-10 and optimally responded to the temperature at 39 degrees C, setting a pH value of 10. The ionic conductivities of the template Fe(CN)(6)(4-/3-) and Ru(NH3)(6)(2+/3+) ions were switchable in different conditions. These results suggest that the polyelectrolyte/mesoporous silica hybrid materials could have potential for application in dual-functional sensors in environmental detection.
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