Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 
 

Files

File List


_Penavic v3_Final.pdf (10.67 MB)

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

Boronic Acids as Optical Chemosensors for Saccharides and Phosphate Related Analytes

Penavic, Andrej
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1654697111468433

Abstract Details

2022, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Photochemical Sciences.
In the recent years, science has faced and is till facing numerous challenges associated with climate changes, environment pollution, food production, and access to inexpensive healthcare to name a few. These challenges have also created opportunities for fundamental research and development of new technologies that could alleviate the above problems. One example of such research activities is also the research and development of materials and methods useful for detecting and analyzing food or beverage components, environmental pollutants, or markers of important biological processes. Within this general field, molecules and materials that can be used as fluorescence-based sensors are very attractive. This is because of their potential for superior sensitivity at low cost and the fact that their operation does not require expensive equipment and highly trained personnel. Thus, the synthesis and investigation of supramolecular sensors that respond to analytes such as saccharides in food or beverage sources, or phosphates that are widely used as fertilizers and are also the source of eutrophication of water bodies are of both fundamental and practical importance. This dissertation describes the studies focused on supramolecular fluorescent chemosensors that are able to distinguish among various analytes that are structurally similar. We have synthesized and studied chemosensors for sensing of saccharides and their mixtures in beverages, as well as self-assembly based sensors for the detection of biologically important phosphate anions. Here, the sensing of phosphate-type anions is not only important for monitoring of eutrophication agents (orthophosphate and in lesser extent also oligo-/polyphosphates), but also for future application in biotechnologies such as quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). We hope that our contributions to research in sensors would contribute to further advancement of our knowledge and potential practical applications.
Pavel Anzenbacher Jr., Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Wendy Manning, Ph.D (Other)
Malcolm Forbes, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Jayaraman Sivaguru, Ph.D (Committee Member)
249 p.
Analytical Chemistry; Organic Chemistry
Saccharide sensing; Phosphate sensing; Fluorescence Spectroscopy; LDA; Linear Discriminant Analysis;

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Penavic, A. (2022). Boronic Acids as Optical Chemosensors for Saccharides and Phosphate Related Analytes [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1654697111468433

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Penavic, Andrej. Boronic Acids as Optical Chemosensors for Saccharides and Phosphate Related Analytes. 2022. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1654697111468433.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Penavic, Andrej. "Boronic Acids as Optical Chemosensors for Saccharides and Phosphate Related Analytes." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1654697111468433

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

bgsu1654697111468433
121
© 2022, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by Bowling Green State University and OhioLINK.