Fl. Dickert et M. Keppler, SELF-ORGANIZED PHASES COMBINED WITH IDC DEVICES - SWITCHABLE MATERIALS FOR SOLVENT VAPOR DETECTION, Advanced materials, 7(12), 1995, pp. 1020
Communication: A nem concept for analyte detection based on the combin
ation of interdigitated capacitor technology with supramolecular struc
tures (see this month's cover picture) is presented. Analyte molecules
disturb the hydrogen bonds between pyridone units, and it is this str
ucture-breaking effect (see figure) which is the basis of the sensor d
etection.