Optical Glucose Sensing Using Ethanolamine-Polyborate Complexes
Optical Glucose Sensing Using Ethanolamine-Polyborate Complexes
Optical Glucose Sensing Using Ethanolamine-Polyborate Complexes
aEmpa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Laboratory for Biomimetic
Membranes and Textiles, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
bEmpa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Biointerfaces, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5,
CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
cMax-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Kolloidchemie, Forschungscampus Golm, 14424
Potsdam, Germany
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Figure S-2. Fluorescence emission of B-MEA B:N 1:5 at different concentration (expressed as
w/v %) (excitation wavelength 380 nm)
Figure S-3. Fluorescence emission of three different batches of B-MEA B:N 1:5 (reaction time
230 min, excitation wavelength 380 nm)
Figure S-4. Fluorescence image of B-MEA B:N 1:5 in the solid (left) and in the liquid (right)
state upon exposure at a wavelength of 365 nm.
Absorbance (a.u.)
0
250 300 350 400 450 500 550
Wavelength (nm)
Figure S-5. UV-Vis measurement of B-MEA B:N 1:5
Figure S-6. Naming convention for atoms present in ethanolamine and borates species. The
carbons atoms on the ethanolamine are defined using two numbers because systems with two
ethanolamines were analysed. Then the first number defines the ethanolamine being measured
and the second one differentiates the carbon in the backbone.
Figure S-7. Example of structures found in solution for the different complexes analysed. a) B-
MEA_1, b) B-MEA_2, c) B-MEA_3 and d) B-MEA_4.
1.5
F/F0
0.5
0
6.2 pH6.8 7.4
Figure S-8. Variation in the optical response at 0 mM (F0) and at 10 mM (F) by using three
different pH values (i.e. 6.2, 6.8 and 7.4).
45
40
35
30
PL intensity (a.u.)
25
20
15 0 mM
2 mM
10
4 mM
5 8 mM
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
t (min)
Figure S-9. Response time of the sensor towards glucose in AWE. Conditions: B-MEA B:N
1:5 (4 wt.-%), pH 6.8.
1.8
1.6
1.4
Relative PL Intensity
1.2
1
Glucose
0.8 Fructose
Lactose
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Concentration (mM)
Figure S-10. Comparison of the response of the sensor towards glucose and two other 1,2-
diols (fructose and lactose) in PBS. B-MEA B:N 1:5 (4 wt.-%), pH 6.8.
Table S-1. Geometrical measurements of the interaction between borates and ethanolamine in
solution. The measures were done on different configurations only if considerably different
conformations were observed. B: single boroxole ring, B2: double boroxole ring, MEA:
monoethanolamine and 2MEA: two monoethanolamines.
Distances (Å)
Angles (degrees)
Distances (Å)
Angles (degrees)
C12-Hc-Ob - - - 125 ± 15
C12-Hc-Obh - - - 130 ± 6