Shaping Macromolecules for Sensing Applications—From Polymer Hydrogels to Foldamers
Sensors are tools for detecting, recognizing, and recording signals from the surrounding environment. They provide measurable information on chemical or physical changes, and thus are widely used in diagnosis, environment monitoring, food quality checks, or process control. Polymers are versatile ma...
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| author | Simone Giuseppe Giuffrida Weronika Forysiak Pawel Cwynar Roza Szweda |
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| description | Sensors are tools for detecting, recognizing, and recording signals from the surrounding environment. They provide measurable information on chemical or physical changes, and thus are widely used in diagnosis, environment monitoring, food quality checks, or process control. Polymers are versatile materials that find a broad range of applications in sensory devices for the biomedical sector and beyond. Sensory materials are expected to exhibit a measurable change of properties in the presence of an analyte or a stimulus, characterized by high sensitivity and selectivity of the signal. Signal parameters can be tuned by material features connected with the restriction of macromolecule shape by crosslinking or folding. Gels are crosslinked, three-dimensional networks that can form cavities of different sizes and forms, which can be adapted to trap particular analytes. A higher level of structural control can be achieved by foldamers, which are macromolecules that can attain well-defined conformation in solution. By increasing control over the three-dimensional structure, we can improve the selectivity of polymer materials, which is one of the crucial requirements for sensors. Here, we discuss various examples of polymer gels and foldamer-based sensor systems. We have classified and described applied polymer materials and used sensing techniques. Finally, we deliberated the necessity and potential of further exploration of the field towards the increased selectivity of sensory devices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89bcf75973a444d99f102250ec7bbffc2023-11-23T17:36:12ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602022-01-0114358010.3390/polym14030580Shaping Macromolecules for Sensing Applications—From Polymer Hydrogels to FoldamersSimone Giuseppe Giuffrida0Weronika Forysiak1Pawel Cwynar2Roza Szweda3Łukasiewicz Research Network—PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, ul. Stabłowicka 147, 54-066 Wrocław, PolandŁukasiewicz Research Network—PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, ul. Stabłowicka 147, 54-066 Wrocław, PolandŁukasiewicz Research Network—PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, ul. Stabłowicka 147, 54-066 Wrocław, PolandŁukasiewicz Research Network—PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, ul. Stabłowicka 147, 54-066 Wrocław, PolandSensors are tools for detecting, recognizing, and recording signals from the surrounding environment. They provide measurable information on chemical or physical changes, and thus are widely used in diagnosis, environment monitoring, food quality checks, or process control. Polymers are versatile materials that find a broad range of applications in sensory devices for the biomedical sector and beyond. Sensory materials are expected to exhibit a measurable change of properties in the presence of an analyte or a stimulus, characterized by high sensitivity and selectivity of the signal. Signal parameters can be tuned by material features connected with the restriction of macromolecule shape by crosslinking or folding. Gels are crosslinked, three-dimensional networks that can form cavities of different sizes and forms, which can be adapted to trap particular analytes. A higher level of structural control can be achieved by foldamers, which are macromolecules that can attain well-defined conformation in solution. By increasing control over the three-dimensional structure, we can improve the selectivity of polymer materials, which is one of the crucial requirements for sensors. Here, we discuss various examples of polymer gels and foldamer-based sensor systems. We have classified and described applied polymer materials and used sensing techniques. Finally, we deliberated the necessity and potential of further exploration of the field towards the increased selectivity of sensory devices.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/3/580polymer gelshydrogelsfoldamerssensingbiosensing |
| spellingShingle | Simone Giuseppe Giuffrida Weronika Forysiak Pawel Cwynar Roza Szweda Shaping Macromolecules for Sensing Applications—From Polymer Hydrogels to Foldamers Polymers polymer gels hydrogels foldamers sensing biosensing |
| title | Shaping Macromolecules for Sensing Applications—From Polymer Hydrogels to Foldamers |
| title_full | Shaping Macromolecules for Sensing Applications—From Polymer Hydrogels to Foldamers |
| title_fullStr | Shaping Macromolecules for Sensing Applications—From Polymer Hydrogels to Foldamers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shaping Macromolecules for Sensing Applications—From Polymer Hydrogels to Foldamers |
| title_short | Shaping Macromolecules for Sensing Applications—From Polymer Hydrogels to Foldamers |
| title_sort | shaping macromolecules for sensing applications from polymer hydrogels to foldamers |
| topic | polymer gels hydrogels foldamers sensing biosensing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/3/580 |
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