Optode Based Chemical Imaging-Possibilities, Challenges, and New Avenues in Multidimensional Optical Sensing.

Autor: Koren K; Aarhus University Centre for Water Technology, Department of Biology, Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark., Zieger SE; Aarhus University Centre for Water Technology, Department of Biology, Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: ACS sensors [ACS Sens] 2021 May 28; Vol. 6 (5), pp. 1671-1680. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 27.
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00480
Abstrakt: Seeing is believing, as the saying goes, and optical sensors (so-called optodes) are tools that can make chemistry visible. Optodes react reversibly and quickly (seconds to minutes) to changing analyte concentrations, enabling the spatial and temporal visualization of an analyte in complex environments. By being available as planar sensor foils or in the form of nano- or microparticles, optodes are flexible tools suitable for a wide array of applications. The steadily grown applications of in particular oxygen (O 2 ) and pH optodes in fields as diverse as medical, environmental, or material sciences is proof for the large demand of optode based chemical imaging. Nevertheless, the full potential of this technology is not exhausted yet, challenges have to be overcome, and new avenues wait to be taken. Within this Perspective, we look at where the field currently stands, highlight several successful examples of optode based chemical imaging and ask what it will take to advance current state-of-the-art technology. It is our intention to point toward some potential blind spots and to inspire further developments.
Databáze: MEDLINE