Jiali Ruan

Mrs. Jiali Ruan


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 March 2017 in Polymers
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JRJiali Ruan
Jiali Ruan
Cheng ChenCheng Chen
Cheng Chen
Jianhua ShenJianhua Shen
Jianhua Shen
XZXue-Ling Zhao
Xue-Ling Zhao
SQShaohong Qian
Shaohong Qian
ZZZhigang Zhu
Zhigang Zhu
Patients of diabetes mellitus urgently need noninvasive and continuous glucose monitoring in daily point-of-care. As the tear glucose concentration has a positive correlation with that in blood, the hydrogel colloidal crystal integrated into contact lens possesses promising potential for noninvasive monitoring of glucose in tears. This paper presents a new glucose-responsive sensor, which consists a crystalline colloidal array (CCA) embedded in hydrogel matrix, attached onto a rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lens. This novel sensing lens is able to selectively diffract visible light, whose wavelength shifts between 567 and 468 nm according to the alternation of the glucose concentration between 0 and 50 mM and its visible color change between reddish yellow, green, and blue. The detection limit of responsive glucose concentration can be reduced to 0.05 mM. Its combination with a contact lens endows it with excellent biocompatibility and portability, which shows great possibility for it to push the development of glucose-detecting devices into new era.