High-throughput fluorescence sensing array based on tetraphenylethylene derivatives for detecting and distinguishing pathogenic microbes.

Infections induced by pathogenic microorganisms will bring negative effects such as diseases that damage health and result in heavy economic burden. Therefore, it is very important to detect and identify the pathogens in time. Moreover, traditional clinical diagnosis or food testing often faces the problem of dealing with a large number of samples. Here, we designed a high-throughput fluorescent sensor array based on the different binding ability of five tetraphenylethylene derivatives (TPEs) with various side chains to different kinds of pathogenic microbes, which is used to detect and distinguish various species, so as to realize rapid mass diagnosis, and hopefully provide guidance for further determination of microbial infections and clinical treatment.