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ArticleSmall methods2026

Vapor-Phase Detection of Perfluoroalkyl Acids using Amplifying Fluorescent Polymers.

Jesús Castro-Esteban, Ulysse J Gross, Timothy M Swager

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Article in Small methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Jesús Castro-EstebanDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0100-943X
Ulysse J GrossDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Timothy M SwagerDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-0510

Funding

NSF Convergence Accelerator Track I: FUTUR-IC ITE-2345076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perfluoroalkyl acids are a subclass of persistent toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) whose volatility enables airborne exposure pathways that remain largely unmonitored. Therefore, suitable technologies are urgently needed for real-time monitoring of PFAS acids in the vapor phase. Herein, we report a new platform for selective vapor-phase detection of volatile perfluoroalkyl acids using amplifying fluorescent polymers. The designs incorporate highly fluorinated moieties to create a fluorous microenvironment that enhances selectivity and pyridine-based selectors that react with volatile PFAS acids through proton-transfer reactions. Ratiometric fluorescence detection was employed in sensing experiments, and polymer thin films exhibited rapid responses (<5 s) to PFAS acids vapor exposure, with the induced signal persisting for more than 15 min. The polymer C

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conjugated polymersfluorescenceperfluoroalkyl acidsvapor‐phase

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PMID42478502
PMCPMC13505700

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