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Second Skin as Self-Protection Against γ-Hydroxybutyrate
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- Authors
- Gyeong-Ji Kim, Seon Joo Park, Lina Kim, Kyung Ho Kim, Soomin Kim, Jai Eun An, Chan Jae Shin, Sung Eun Seo, Seongjae Jo, Jinyeong Kim, Siyoung Ha, Hwi Won Seo, Mun-Chual Rho, Do Hyung Kwon, Woo-Keun Kim, Gugin Jeong, Jae Chun Ryu, Jae Joon Kim, Oh Seok Kwon
- Issue Date
- 2023-12
- Citation
- ACS Nano, v.17, no.24, pp.25405-25418
- ISSN
- 1936-0851
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Language
- English
- Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- γ-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a date-rape drug, causes certain symptoms, such as amnesia, confusion, ataxia, and unconsciousness, when dissolved in beverages and consumed by a victim. Commonly, assailants use GHB in secret for the crime of drug-facilitated sexual assault because it is tasteless, odorless, and colorless when dissolved in beverages. Generally, GHB detection methods are difficult to use promptly and secretly in situ and in real life because of the necessary detection equipment and low selectivity. To overcome this problem, we have developed a fast, simple, and easy-to-use second skin platform as a confidential self-protection platform that can detect GHB in situ or in real life without equipment. The second skin platform for naked-eye detection of GHB is fabricated with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), polyurethane (PU), and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) included in the chemical receptor 2-(3-bromo-4-hydroxystyryl)-3-ethylbenzothiazol-3-ium iodide (BHEI). PAN conjugated with BHEI nanofibers (PB NFs) has various characteristics, such as ease of use, high sensitivity, and fast color change. PB NFs rapidly detected GHB at 0.01 mg/mL. Furthermore, the second-skin platform attached to the fingertip and wrist detected both 1 and 0.1 mg/mL GHB in solution within 50 s. The color changes caused by the interaction of GHB and the second skin platform cannot be stopped due to strong chemical reactions. In addition, a second skin platform can be secretly utilized in real life because it can recognize fingerprints and object temperatures. Therefore, the second skin platform can be used to aid daily life and prevent drug-facilitated sexual assault crime when attached to the skin because it can be exposed anytime and anywhere.
- KSP Keywords
- Detection Method, Ease of use, High Sensitivity, Naked-eye detection, Self-protection, Sexual Assault, chemical reaction(Biomimetic), color change, poly(vinyl alcohol), vinyl alcohol(Poly)