Temperature-Regulated Fluorescence Characteristics of Supramolecular Assemblies Formed By a Smart Polymer and a Conjugated Polyelectrolyte
- Aqueous mixtures of a coumarin-labeled non-ionic thermoresponsive copolymer and a cationic polythiophene exhibit marked changes in their fluorescence properties upon heating. At room temperature, emission from the label is significantly quenched due to energy transfer to the conjugated polyelectrolyte. Heating the mixture reduces the energy-transfer efficiency markedly, resulting in a clearly visible change of the emission color. Although the two macromolecules associate strongly at room temperature, the number of interacting sites is largely reduced upon the phase transition. Crucially, the intermolecular association does not suppress the responsiveness of the smart polymer, meaning that this concept should be applicable to chemo- or bioresponsive polymers with optical read-out, for example, as a sensor device.
Author details: | Sahika Inal, Jonas D. Koelsch, Leonardo Chiappisi, Mario Kraft, Andrea Gutacker, Dietmar Janietz, Ullrich ScherfORCiDGND, Michael GradzielskiORCiD, André LaschewskyORCiDGND, Dieter NeherORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201200493 |
ISSN: | 1022-1352 |
Title of parent work (English): | MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS |
Publisher: | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH |
Place of publishing: | WEINHEIM |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2013 |
Publication year: | 2013 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Tag: | aqueous solutions; conjugated polyelectrolytes; fluorescence (or Forster); phase transitions; resonance energy transfer; thermoresponsive polymers |
Volume: | 214 |
Issue: | 4 |
Number of pages: | 11 |
First page: | 435 |
Last Page: | 445 |
Funding institution: | BMBF-Initiative [FKZ 03IS2201B] |