relation: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17240/ title: Cation identity dependence of crown ether photonic crystal Pb2+ sensing creator: Yan, F creator: Asher, S description: We quantitatively modeled the volume phase transition of a hydrogel containing a crystalline colloidal array with a crown ether ligand which binds Pb2+. The hydrogel volume response and the wavelength diffracted depend on the Pb2+ concentration and on both the ionic strength and the valence of the nonbinding ionic species. We successfully modeled the response of this hydrogel Pb2+ sensor to ionic strength and the cation valence of the added salts. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © Springer-Verlag 2007. date: 2007-03-01 type: Article type: PeerReviewed format: text/plain language: en rights: attached identifier: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17240/1/licence.txt identifier: Yan, F and Asher, S (2007) Cation identity dependence of crown ether photonic crystal Pb2+ sensing. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 387 (6). 2121 - 2130. ISSN 1618-2642 relation: 10.1007/s00216-006-1088-8