Fluorescent Sensory Microparticles that “Light‐up” Consisting of a Silica Core and a Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) Shell

Abstract

From darkness came light: Incorporation of urea-based fluorescent dyes in an anion-imprinted thin polymer shell coated onto silica microparticles leads to a unique and highly enantioselective fluorescent “light-up” response to analytes (see scheme, MIP molecularly imprinted polymer).