Abstract
The highly sensitive optical detection of oxygen including dissolved oxygen (DO) is of great interest in various applications. We devised a novel room-temperature-phosphorescence (RTP)-based oxygen detection platform by constructing core–shell nanoparticles with water-soluble polymethyloxazoline shells and oxygen-permeable polystyrene cores crosslinked with metal-free purely organic phosphors. The resulting nanoparticles show a very high sensitivity for DO with a limit of detection (LOD) of 60 nm and can be readily used for oxygen quantification in aqueous environments as well as the gaseous phase.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 16207-16211 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 51 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 18 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- crosslinking
- dissolved oxygen
- metal-free organic phosphors
- polymer nanoparticles
- room-temperature phosphorescence