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SUBMITTER: Wen JT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4872522 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wen Jessica T JT Bohorquez Karen K Tsutsui Hideaki H
Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical 20160901
We report a new polydiacetylene (PDA) sensor strip for simple visual detection of zinc ions in aqueous solution. The specificity of this sensor comes from Zn<sup>2+</sup> DNA aptamer probes conjugated onto PDA. Effects of aptamer length and structure on the sensitivity of PDA's color transition were first investigated. PDA conjugated with the optimal aptamer sequence was then coated onto a strip of polyvinylidene fluoride membrane and photopolymerized by UV exposure. The newly developed sensor s ...[more]