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  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Biotechnology

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  • Liquid crystal (LC)-based biosensors offer optical signal transduction but suffer from fragility and limited regulation.
  • Existing biosensors often use passive substrates, restricting control over LC orientation and sensor performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a universal strategy for creating robust and customizable LC biosensing platforms.
  • To engineer inorganic inverse opal (IO) substrates as active regulators of LC orientation.

Main Methods:

  • Integrating nematic LCs into inorganic inverse opals (IOs), specifically IO-TiO2.
  • Investigating the LC regulation mechanism through multiscale computational and experimental methods.
  • Developing a one-step biosensor for tetracycline detection using reflective spectral analysis.

Main Results:

  • LC-infiltrated photonic crystal composites demonstrated tunable optical responses via substrate-guided LC reorientation.
  • A tetracycline biosensor achieved a linear range of 1 nM to 50 μM with a 0.10 nM detection limit.
  • The IO-TiO2 substrate enhanced sensor durability and regenerability over eight cycles (RSD = 3.06%).

Conclusions:

  • The integration of LCs into IOs provides a robust and customizable sensing platform.
  • This strategy offers a promising pathway for developing advanced, compact optoelectronic sensors.
  • The developed biosensor demonstrates practical potential for detecting environmental pollutants.