chain, the external stimuli (temperature, pH, solvent, and ligand receptor interactions) causes the accumulation of structural disorder in the conjugated ene-yne array. [1] By the conformational changes, PDA undergoes blue to red color transition and the red phase PDA also emits red fluorescence. [2,3] Consequently, various PDA vesicles have been developed as attractive sensor matrices for the detection of influenza virus, [4] cholera toxin, [5] and receptor proteins. [6] However, the vesicle sensor system has a few limitations such as dilution problems when target compounds with low solubility are applied to the solution system, long term storage stability, and sensitivity problems due to vesicular aggregation. [7] Therefore, the immobilization of PDA-based sensor systems using microfibers, [8] microbeads, [9,10] and film [11] has been studied. In particular, alginate beads can be prepared in mild gelation conditions forming egg box junction with calcium ion based on the alginate structure, and have been widely used as a nontoxic and biocompatible matrix platform. [12] We then Detection methods for heavy metals are important and highly required due to their toxicity to the health of humans and the environment. Hence, using a polydiacetylene (PDA)-based sensoring bead, the presence of barium ions is exclusively detected for the first time. The sensoring platform has been designed as a PDA vesicle functionalized with a succinoglycan octasaccharide subunit serving as a metal coordination ligand. First, the succinoglycan octasaccahride subunit is isolated from Sinorhizobium meliloti, successfully conjugated to pentacosa-10,12-diynoic acid via reductive amination, and the functionalized vesicle system is investigated for color and fluorescence changes targeting nine different metal ions. To further improve the long-term storage stability and convenient handling of the vesicle detection system, the sensory vesicle is immobilized on millimeter-sized alginate beads through the ionotropic gelation method. This study provides an opportunity to design and develop various carbohydrate-based sensor materials.