relation: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/7283/
title: FABRICATION OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AQUEOUS SULFATE ANIONS SENSING MATERIAL
creator: Sirikare, Sylvere N
description: 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.
date: 2006-06-29
type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/7283/1/Sirikaresylverethesis2006_1.pdf
identifier:   Sirikare, Sylvere N  (2006) FABRICATION OF PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AQUEOUS SULFATE ANIONS SENSING MATERIAL.  Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.    (Unpublished)