Chromogenic silica nanoparticles for the colorimetric sensing of long-chain carboxylates

Pilar Calero; Elena Aznar; J Manuel Lloris; Maria D Marcos; Ramón Martínez-Máñez; José V Ros-Lis; Juan Soto; Félix Sancenón

doi:10.1039/b718690h

Chromogenic silica nanoparticles for the colorimetric sensing of long-chain carboxylates

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Apr 14:(14):1668-70. doi: 10.1039/b718690h. Epub 2008 Feb 5.

Authors

Pilar Calero¹, Elena Aznar, J Manuel Lloris, Maria D Marcos, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, José V Ros-Lis, Juan Soto, Félix Sancenón

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Química Molecular Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.

PMID: 18368159
DOI: 10.1039/b718690h

Abstract

Silica nanoparticles functionalized with chromogenic spirobenzopyran and thiourea subunits show selective colour changes in the presence of certain long-chain carboxylates.