Sensing devices and chemosensors and compositions relating thereto
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMordechai KORNBLUTH, Kaushal SAGAR
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Abstract
A composition includes a fluorophore, a spacer bound to the fluorophore and a receptor having an unsaturated heterocycle ring bound to the spacer. The spacer is methylamine. The receptor and/or the spacer has a receptor sidechain bound to the unsaturated heterocycle ring and/or a spacer sidechain bound to the methylamine, respectively. The composition may be employed as a chemosensor configured to capture an ion in a fluid medium. The chemosensor may further be incorporated into a sensing device configured to detect the ion and calculate a concentration of the ion in the fluid medium.
Claims20
A composition comprising:
- a fluorophore;
- a spacer bound to the fluorophore, the spacer being methylamine;
- and
- a receptor having an unsaturated heterocycle ring bound to the spacer,
- the receptor and/or the spacer having a receptor sidechain bound to the unsaturated heterocycle ring and/or a spacer sidechain bound to the methylamine, respectively.
A chemosensor configured to capture an ion in a fluid medium, the chemosensor comprising:
- a fluorophore;
- a spacer bound to the fluorophore, the spacer being methylamine;
- and
- a receptor having an unsaturated heterocycle ring bound to the spacer,
- the receptor and/or the spacer having a receptor sidechain bound to the unsaturated heterocycle ring and/or a spacer sidechain bound to the methylamine, respectively.
A sensing device comprising:
- a chemosensor configured to capture an ion in a fluid medium and to generate a signal in response to capturing the ion, the chemosensor including:
- a fluorophore;
- a spacer bound to the fluorophore, the spacer being methylamine;
- and
- a receptor having an unsaturated heterocycle ring bound to the spacer, the spacer and the receptor configured to capture the ion to generate the signal,
- the receptor and/or the spacer having a receptor sidechain bound to the unsaturated heterocycle ring and/or a spacer sidechain bound to the methylamine, respectively;
- and
- a detector configured to collect the signal and to calculate a concentration of the ion in the fluid medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.