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A self-healing smart photonic crystal hydrogel sensor for glucose and related saccharides

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A self-healing smart PhC hydrogel sensor that combines the optical property of photonic crystal and the dynamic regeneration property of boronate ester bond has been prepared for determination of glucose and related saccharides using Debye diffraction ring detection. The boronate ester bond formed through phenylboronic acid and dopamine endows the hydrogel network self-healing ability, and the tensile stress of the healing hydrogel can recover to 94.4%; this excellent self-healing property can effectively improve the reliability and lifetime of the hydrogel. Due to the high bonding capacity between 1,2- and 1,3-diol and phenylboronic acid, the hydrogel sensor has a good recognition ability for glucose and related saccharides. The reaction between the monosaccharides and the phenylboronic acid group makes the sensor swell and the diameter of the Debye diffraction ring decrease. The sensor shows good reuse and responsive ability for saccharides; the RSD of the recoverability assays is 4.3%. The determination range of the sensor to glucose is 0.5 to 12 mM. The sensor also has good response to glucose in urine, exhibiting potential application value in the preliminary screening of diabetes. Although the sensor has poor selectivity for specific monosaccharides, the process of measuring the Debye ring makes the determination no longer rely on expensive and complicated equipment and greatly simplifies the determining process and reduces the cost of determination, which shows a broad application prospect.

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The boronate ester bond formed through phenylboronic acid and dopamine results in the self-healing property of hydrogel network, which can effectively improve the reliability and lifetime of hydrogel. And due to the high bonding capacity between 1,2- and 1,3-diol and phenylboronic acid, the smart hydrogel sensor has a good recognition ability for glucose and related saccharides. The reaction between the monosaccharides and the phenylboronic acid group breaks the original boronate ester bond; this will lead to a decrease in cross-linking density of the PhC hydrogel sensor and further makes the sensor swell and the diameter of the Debye diffraction ring decrease.

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    Qianshan Chen, Zufeng Wei, Shihong Wang, Jun Zhou & Zhaoyang Wu

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Chen, Q., Wei, Z., Wang, S. et al. A self-healing smart photonic crystal hydrogel sensor for glucose and related saccharides. Microchim Acta 188, 210 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-021-04849-3

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