The Penn State Research Foundation

Ricardo Moran

Timothy E Glass

Joseph Raker

Chemical sensor compositions and methods for quantifying analytes are described. The chemical sensors include analyte-binding moieties and reporter moieties covalently attached to a framework including two trityl groups connected by a linear spacer such as ethyne or butadiyne. The sensors chelate an analyte across the acetylene axis of the molecule to stabilize the molecule in an eclipsed rotamer conformation. This conformation causes the sensors to emit a measurable signal. Also disclosed are methods of making the chemical sensors, methods of using the chemical sensors, and kits for quantifying analytes using the chemical

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Ricardo Moran