@unpublished{pittir7283,
           month = {June},
           title = {FABRICATION OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AQUEOUS SULFATE ANIONS SENSING MATERIAL},
          author = {Sylvere N Sirikare},
            year = {2006},
        keywords = {CCA; Intelligent Polymerized Crystalline Colloidal},
             url = {http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/7283/},
        abstract = {The focus of this thesis is the fabrication of an Intelligent Polymerized Crystalline Colloidal Array (IPCCA) photonic material that may sense sulfate anions using a charged amide-amine macrocyclic compound (PyEAmNH3+) in pure water at low concentrations. Sulfate (SO42-) anions were found to bind to a charged amide-amine macrocyclic compound (PyEAmNH3+) in DMSO. (Dr Bowman-James and Dr Kang, University of Kansas). In this work, (PyEAmNH3+) is covalently attached to a PCCA to forms an intelligent polymerized crystalline colloidal array (IPCCA) which would sense SO42- . However, we have demonstrated that our IPCCA did not bind to sulfate anions, rather the IPCCA response is due to the change in ionic strength and pH.}
}