Sugawa Kosuke, Ichikawa Ryutaro, Takeshima Naoto, Tanoue Yoshimasa, Otsuki Joe
College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-8308, Japan.
Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2015 May;14(5):870-4. doi: 10.1039/c4pp00375f.
We developed a new hybrid consisting of Ag nanoprisms, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm), and fluorophores via layer-by-layer assembly. The fluorescence intensity below the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of PNIPAm was 6.4 times stronger than that above the LCST, meaning that the hybrids can function as nanosized highly thermoresponsive fluorescent sensors.