Poly(2-isoproprenyl-2-oxazoline)-Based Reactive Hydrophilic Cross-Linked Nanofiber Networks as the Basis for Colorimetric Continuous Meat Freshness Monitoring Sensors
Global food waste is a cross-cutting issue that ranges from agricultural production to storage in households and leads to the loss of one-third of produced food products. Although the currently depicted static expiry, best-by, and due-by dates provide accurate information on when to consume the food...
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Published in | Chemistry of materials Vol. 35; no. 17; pp. 7079 - 7093 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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American Chemical Society
12.09.2023
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Summary: | Global food waste is a cross-cutting issue that ranges from agricultural production to storage in households and leads to the loss of one-third of produced food products. Although the currently depicted static expiry, best-by, and due-by dates provide accurate information on when to consume the food product, these time indications are only valid under ideal storage conditions. Therefore, there is a stringent need for easy-to-use sensor applications that allow continuous monitoring of food freshness. This work showcases a straightforward and effortless approach to obtain highly porous cross-linked water-stable and reactive hydrophilic nanofiber membranes based on electrospinning of poly(2-isoproprenyl-2-oxazoline) (PiPOx) with succinic acid as the cross-linker. Subsequent thermal treatment of the produced succinic acid-containing PiPOx nanofiber networks generated sufficient cross-linking to preserve the fibrous morphology in an aqueous environment while retaining the hydrophilic character of the scaffold. The remaining 2-oxazoline side chains of PiPOx are stable at room temperature but provide reactivity for post-cross-linking modification with carboxylic acid-containing compounds, as exploited here for continuous food monitoring by incorporating acid-functionalized dyes to yield a colorimetric sensor for biogenic food spoilage indicators, such as thiol- and amine-containing small molecules. |
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ISSN: | 0897-4756 1520-5002 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01355 |