Patent ID: 8546081
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: C08G,C12Q,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assaying a sample for an aggregant, the method comprising: providing an aggregation sensor soluble in a polar medium, the aggregation sensor comprising (a) a polymer comprising (b) one or more second optically active units that can receive energy from the excited state of the first optically active unit; combining the aggregation sensor and the sample in solution, wherein the aggregation sensor is present at a concentration at which there is detectable emission at the first emission wavelength in the absence of sample; contacting the aggregation sensor with light of the first absorption wavelength; and detecting whether the optical properties of the aggregation sensor are altered in the presence of the sample, wherein the second optically active unit is grafted to the conjugated system and forms part of the conjugated system.