TY - JOUR A1 - Calero, P. A1 - Hecht, Mandy A1 - Martínez-Mánez, Ramon A1 - Sancenón, F. A1 - Soto, J. A1 - Vivancos, J.L. A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Silica nanoparticles functionalised with cation coordination sites and fluorophores for the differential sensing of anions in a quencher displacement assay (QDA) N2 - In conjunction with quenching metal ions, silica nanoparticles carrying terpyridine coordination sites and sulforhodamine B signalling units were employed for the differential fluorometric recognition of anions. KW - Hybridmaterial KW - Silica-Nanopartikel KW - Fluoreszenz KW - Anionen KW - Verdrängungsassay PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc13039k SN - 0022-4936 SN - 0009-241x SN - 1359-7345 SN - 1364-548x VL - 47 IS - 38 SP - 10599 EP - 10601 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-24489 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hecht, Mandy A1 - Kraus, Werner A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - A highly fluorescent pH sensing membrane for the alkaline pH range incorporating a BODIPY dye N2 - A robust and re-usable dipstick-type fluorescent pH sensor for the alkaline pH range was developed by embedding a brightly fluorescent boron–dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dye bearing an acidic phenol moiety into a polyurethane matrix immobilized on a 3D epoxy-functionalized polymer support. The sensor strip has a dynamic working range of pH 10.0–13.1, i.e., operates in strongly basic media where pH glass electrodes can suffer from alkaline errors, and tolerates a high electrolyte background such as simulated seawater and sewage. This work describes the preparation of the sensing material and provides insight into the features that a hydrogel sensing membrane can bestow on an embedded pH-responsive dye by means of optical spectroscopic investigations. KW - pH-Wert KW - Farbstoffe KW - Fluoreszenz KW - Teststreifen KW - Hydrogel PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2an35860c SN - 0003-2654 SN - 1364-5528 VL - 138 IS - 1 SP - 325 EP - 332 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-27638 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hecht, Mandy A1 - Fischer, Tobias A1 - Dietrich, Paul A1 - Kraus, Werner A1 - Descalzo López, Ana Belén A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Fluorinated Boron-Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes: bright and versatile probes for surface analysis N2 - A family of bright boron-dipyrromethene-type fluorophores with a high number of fluorine atoms (F-BODIPYs) has been developed and characterized by X-ray crystallography and optical spectroscopy. The introduction of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl and pentafluorophenyl moieties significantly enhances the photostability of such dyes, yielding for instance photostable near-infrared (NIR) fluorophores that show emission maxima>750 nm, when the BODIPY's π system is extended with two (dimethylamino)styryl and (dimethylamino)naphthastyryl moieties, or green-emitting BODIPYs with fluorescence quantum yields of unity. When equipped with a suitable group that selectively reacts for instance with amines, F-BODIPYs can be used as potent dual labels for the quantification of primary amino groups on surfaces by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and fluorescence, two powerful yet complementary tools for the analysis of organic surface functional groups. The advantage of reactive F-BODIPYs is that they allow a fast and non-destructive mapping of the labelled supports with conventional fluorescence scanners and a subsequent quantification of selected areas of the same sample by the potentially traceable XPS technique. The performance is exemplarily shown here for the assessment of the amino group density on SiO2 supports, one of the most common reactive silica supports, in particular, for standard microarray applications. KW - Amino groups KW - Dyes KW - Fluorescence KW - Surface analysis KW - X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy KW - Amino-Gruppen KW - Farbstoffe KW - Fluoreszenz KW - Oberflächenanalytik KW - Röntgen-Photoelektronen-Spektroskopie PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201200039 SN - 2191-1363 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 25 EP - 38 PB - Wiley-VCH-Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-27783 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Climent Terol, Estela A1 - Gröninger, Delia A1 - Hecht, Mandy A1 - Walter, Astrid A1 - Martínez-Mánez, Ramon A1 - Weller, Michael G. A1 - Sancenón, F. A1 - Amorós, P. A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Selective, sensitive, and rapid analysis with lateral-flow assays based on antibody-gated dye-delivery systems: The example of triacetone triperoxide N2 - Set them free: Brightly fluorescent indicators that are loaded into mesoporous silica nanoparticle carriers, capped with bulky antibodies, are released into the lateral flow of a test strip upon analyte arrival. Integration of the system into a rapid, simple flow test with fluorescence readout is applied for the selective and sensitive determination of the presence of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) as a prototype small-molecule analyte (see figure). KW - Farbstoffe KW - Sprengstoffe KW - Fluoreszenz KW - Immunoassays KW - Mesoporöse Materialien PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201300031 SN - 0947-6539 SN - 1521-3765 VL - 19 IS - 13 SP - 4117 EP - 4122 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-29508 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Opel, J. A1 - Hecht, Mandy A1 - Rurack, Knut A1 - Eiblmeier, J. A1 - Kunz, W. A1 - Cölfen, H. A1 - Kellermeier, M. T1 - Probing local pH-based precipitation processes in self-assembled silica-carbonate hybrid materials N2 - Crystallisation of barium carbonate in the presence of silica can lead to the spontaneous assembly of highly complex superstructures, consisting of uniform and largely co-oriented BaCO3 nanocrystals that are interspersed by a matrix of amorphous silica. The formation of these biomimetic architectures (so-called silica biomorphs) is thought to be driven by a dynamic interplay between the components, in which subtle changes of conditions trigger ordered mineralisation at the nanoscale. In particular, it has been proposed that local pH gradients at growing fronts play a crucial role in the process of morphogenesis. In the present work, we have used a special pH-sensitive fluorescent dye to directly trace these presumed local fluctuations by means of confocal laser scanning microscopy. Our data demonstrate the existence of an active region near the growth front, where the pH is locally decreased with respect to the alkaline bulk solution on a length scale of few microns. This observation provides fundamental and, for the first time, direct experimental support for the current picture of the mechanism underlying the formation of these peculiar materials. On the other hand, the absence of any temporal oscillations in the local pH – another key feature of the envisaged mechanism – challenges the notion of autocatalytic phenomena in such systems and raises new questions about the actual role of silica as an additive in the crystallisation process. KW - Silikat-Karbonat-Biomaterialien KW - Self-Assembly KW - Fluoreszenz KW - PH PY - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr05399d SN - 2040-3364 SN - 2040-3372 VL - 7 IS - 41 SP - 17434 EP - 17440 PB - RSC Publ. CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-35098 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -