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Facilely discrimination of 10 psychoactive substances by poly(ionic liquid) photonic sphere platform

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The abuse of psychoactive substances has become a serious risk to the public health and social safety. Developing strategies capable of facile discriminating numerous psychoactive substances is essential to mitigate this risk. Herein, a poly(ionic liquid) (PIL)-based photonic sphere was developed. By the synergistical integration of the multiple non-covalent molecular interaction involved in the PIL and the self-reporting optical signal of the photonic structure, the obtained PIL photonic sphere exhibit excellent power toward the discrimination of psychoactive substances. Specifically, through judiciously selecting the counterion of PIL, as much as 10 psychoactive substances was facilely and efficiently discriminated by the PIL photonic sphere. Our results indicate that the PIL photonic sphere is a very powerful tool for discriminating psychoactive substances, and holds promising potential for applications involving complex multi-analyte systems. • A poly(ionic liquid) (PIL)-based photonic sphere was developed, which exhibit excellent power toward the discrimination of psychoactive substances. • The synergistic integration of multiple intermolecular interactions was involved in PIL and the self-reporting optical signal of photonic structure. • The PIL photonic sphere is able to successfully discriminate as much as 10 psychoactive substances in a very facilely and efficient fashion.

Source: Colloids and Interface Science Communications

DOI: 10.1016/j.colcom.2025.100819

Authors: Wenxian Wu, Fanglei Yu, Peijun Gong, Jiecheng Cui

Institution: Zhejiang Normal University

Language: English

Topic: Ionic liquids properties and applications

Subfield: Catalysis

Field: Chemical Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,830

Funder: Zhejiang Normal University