Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Amine-responsive cellulose-based ratiometric fluorescent materials for real-time and visual detection of shrimp and crab freshness

  • Ruonan Jia,
  • Weiguo Tian,
  • Haotian Bai,
  • Jinming Zhang,
  • Shu Wang,
  • Jun Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08675-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Simple, fast, and accurate detection of food freshness has great significance to food safety and business. Here, the authors develop cellulose-based ratiometric fluorescent materials with superior amine-response, which can be used for visual monitoring the freshness of shrimp and crab.