Volume 47, Issue 25 pp. 4667-4669
Communication

Multiplexing Sensory Molecules Map Protons Near Micellar Membranes

Seiichi Uchiyama Dr.

Seiichi Uchiyama Dr.

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 5AG (Northern Ireland), Fax: (+44) 28-9097-4687

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Fax: (+81) 3-5841-4768

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Kaoru Iwai Prof. Dr.

Kaoru Iwai Prof. Dr.

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoya-Nishimachi, Nara 630-8506, Japan

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A. Prasanna de Silva Prof. Dr.

A. Prasanna de Silva Prof. Dr.

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 5AG (Northern Ireland), Fax: (+44) 28-9097-4687

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First published: 03 June 2008
Citations: 81

We thank The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Invest NI (RTD COE 40) (Japan) Society for the promotion of Science, W. T. Silva and S. T. Herath for support and help.

Graphical Abstract

Hi-fi mapping: Multiplexing fluorescent sensors that simultaneously target proton concentration and polarity move to micellar nanospaces, self-regulate their positions, and report their pKa values and wavelengths, which are controlled by their local environments. Such sensory functions enable maps of proton gradients near micellar membranes to be drawn.

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