Title

Polyelectrolyte-coated liquid crystal droplets for detecting charged macromolecules

Authors

Authors

T. Bera;J. Y. Fang

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Mater. Chem.

Keywords

SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION; ORDERING TRANSITIONS; EMULSIONS; SURFACES; IMMUNOASSAYS; INTERFACES; DENDRIMERS; ALIGNMENT; PHASES; Chemistry, Physical; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

Chemically engineered liquid crystal droplets with stimuli responsive director configurations are attractive for sensing applications. Here, we find that the adsorption of positively charged poly(amido amine) (PAMAM) dendrimers on negatively charged poly(styrenesulfonate sodium) (PSS)-coated liquid crystal droplets can trigger a bipolar-to-radial configuration transition of the liquid crystal in the droplets, which can be easily detected with a polarizing optical microscope. The sensitivity of the PSS-coated liquid crystal droplets for detecting PAMAM dendrimers depends on the size and number of liquid crystal droplets as well as the dendrimer generation.

Journal Title

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volume

22

Issue/Number

14

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2jm00038e

Language

English

First Page

6807

Last Page

6812

WOS Identifier

WOS:000301459500041

ISSN

0959-9428

Recommended Citation

"Polyelectrolyte-coated liquid crystal droplets for detecting charged macromolecules" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 2292.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/2292