Bio-Inspired Fabrication of Lotus Leaf Like Membranes as Fluorescent Sensing Materials.
May 1st, 2008 | by admin |Bio-Inspired Fabrication of Lotus Leaf Like Membranes as Fluorescent Sensing Materials.
A fluorescent organic small molecule, hexaphenylsilole (HPS), has been used as a sensing material, while a HPS/polymethyl methacrylate composite film with a lotus leaf like structure is prepared by a simple electrospin method. The film shows high stability and excellent sensitivity for the metal ions Fe(3+) and Hg(2+), respectively. The special surface morphology containing micro-/nanocomposite structure is attributed to the exhibition of these unusual properties.
Heng L, Wang X, Dong Y, Zhai J, Tang BZ, Wei T, Jiang L.
Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China, Fax: (+86) 10 8262 7566.