Table 1 Summary of the ten supramolecular sensor arrays.

From: A facile way to construct sensor array library via supramolecular chemistry for discriminating complex systems

Sensor array

No. of receptors

No. of dyes

No. of pH values

No. of discriminated proteins

Working principle

SA1

5 (4CA + CD)

2

1

11

Different binding between receptor/dye, receptor/analyte, and dye/analyte

SA2

5 (4CA + CD)

1

1

9

Different binding between receptor/dye and receptor/analyte

SA3

2 (CA + CD)

4

1

10

Different binding between receptor/dye and dye/analyte

SA4

2 (CA + CD)

4

1

9

Different binding between receptor/dye and dye/analyte

SA5

2 (CA + CD)

1

1

8

Different binding between receptor/analyte

SA6

2 (CA + CD)

1

1

9

Different binding between receptor/analyte

SA7

2 (CA + CD)

1

1

8

Nonlinear relationship between fluorescence change and analyte concentration

SA8

2 (CA + CD)

1

1

10

Nonlinear relationship between fluorescence change and analyte concentration

SA9

2 (CA + CD)

1

4

8

Different binding between receptor/dye, receptor/analyte, and dye/analyte

SA10

2 (CA + CD)

1

4

8

Different binding between receptor/dye, receptor/analyte, and dye/analyte