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Bio‐Inspired Fabrication of Lotus Leaf Like Membranes as Fluorescent Sensing Materials
Author(s) -
Heng Liping,
Wang Xinyi,
Dong Yongqiang,
Zhai Jin,
Tang Ben Zhong,
Wei Tianxin,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.200700394
Subject(s) - nanocomposite , lotus effect , materials science , fabrication , fluorescence , membrane , lotus , polymethyl methacrylate , composite number , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , metal ions in aqueous solution , metal , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , raw material , polymer , optics , botany , medicine , biochemistry , alternative medicine , physics , engineering , pathology , metallurgy , biology
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.