Issue 41, 2022

Latest advances in sensors for optical detection of relevant amines: insights into lanthanide-based sensors

Abstract

Amines are an important class of compounds, present in our daily intakes such as food or pharmaceuticals. Besides that, these compounds are important in our body for controlling numerous physiological functions such as neurotransmission. Thus, the monitoring of these compounds is extremely important. The development of sensor devices to perform these operations is still a crucial field of research. In this work, an overview of optical sensors for amine detection based on different optical elements, with a particular emphasis on fluorimetric sensors based on lanthanide trivalent metal ions for the detection, discrimination and quantification of different amines, is provided. The potentialities of using different matrices to host the optical elements were also addressed. Lanthanide complexes are capable of detecting various amines in a wide range of concentrations, reaching limit of detection values as low as 2.17 ppm and 0.17 ppm in vapour and aqueous samples, respectively. Despite this performance, the selectivity and resolution are, in some cases, not yet satisfactory, although improvements can be obtained by changing the sensor substrate and/or taking advantage of components’ combination.

Graphical abstract: Latest advances in sensors for optical detection of relevant amines: insights into lanthanide-based sensors

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
26 Upu 2022
Accepted
15 Leo 2022
First published
17 Leo 2022

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 15263-15276

Latest advances in sensors for optical detection of relevant amines: insights into lanthanide-based sensors

C. M. R. Almeida, J. M. C. S. Magalhães, M. F. Barroso and L. Durães, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 15263 DOI: 10.1039/D2TC03143D

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