There is growing interest in continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) for diabetes patients, and inverse opal photonic gels (IOPG), IOPG is expected to be the core technology of CGMS because it can observe blood glucose level by reversible reflect...
There is growing interest in continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) for diabetes patients, and inverse opal photonic gels (IOPG), IOPG is expected to be the core technology of CGMS because it can observe blood glucose level by reversible reflective color change without power supply units . In this study, we demonstrate a glucose sensing hydrogel which can observe blood glucose at physiological pH was prepared by intramolecular charge stabilization of phenylboronate by quaternary amine, and hydrogel was fabricated by using PBA with fluorine for improving sensitivity. Using 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) as inverse opal photonic hydrogel main building block monomer, (3-Acrylamidopropyl)trimethylammonium chloride (APTA) and 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyltrimethylammonium chloride (MOETA) as two different charge stabilizer were, were copolymerized with 3-acrylamidophenyl boronic acid (3-AAPBA) which can detected glucose by reversible binding reaction between glucose and boronate. Also, acrylamide (AAm) and 3-fluoro-4-acrylamido-phenylboronic acid (3F4AAPBA) were copolymerized for the purpose of improving sensitivity. The hydrogel was fabricated by Directed Enhanced Evaporative colloidal assembly (DEECA) method. The inverse opal photonic hydrogel, including APTA or MOETA, showed increased sensitivity at pH 7.4, which is physiological pH. The inverse opal photonic hydrogel containing 3F4AAPBA were further improved in sensitivity and hydrogel showed red, green, and blue reflection color at physiological blood glucose levels.