Influence of the near molecular vicinity on the temperature regulated fluorescence response of poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)
- A series of new fluorescent dye bearing monomers, including glycomonomers, based on maleamide and maleic esteramide was synthesized. The dye monomers were incorporated by radical copolymerization into thermo-responsive poly(N-vinyl-caprolactam) that displays a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in aqueous solution. The effects of the local molecular environment on the polymers' luminescence, in particular on the fluorescence intensity and the extent of solvatochromism, were investigated below as well as above the phase transition. By attaching substituents of varying size and polarity in the close vicinity of the fluorophore, and by varying the spacer groups connecting the dyes to the polymer backbone, we explored the underlying structure-property relationships, in order to establish rules for successful sensor designs, e.g., for molecular thermometers. Most importantly, spacer groups of sufficient length separating the fluorophore from the polymer backbone proved to be crucial for obtaining pronounced temperature regulatedA series of new fluorescent dye bearing monomers, including glycomonomers, based on maleamide and maleic esteramide was synthesized. The dye monomers were incorporated by radical copolymerization into thermo-responsive poly(N-vinyl-caprolactam) that displays a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in aqueous solution. The effects of the local molecular environment on the polymers' luminescence, in particular on the fluorescence intensity and the extent of solvatochromism, were investigated below as well as above the phase transition. By attaching substituents of varying size and polarity in the close vicinity of the fluorophore, and by varying the spacer groups connecting the dyes to the polymer backbone, we explored the underlying structure-property relationships, in order to establish rules for successful sensor designs, e.g., for molecular thermometers. Most importantly, spacer groups of sufficient length separating the fluorophore from the polymer backbone proved to be crucial for obtaining pronounced temperature regulated fluorescence responses.…
Author details: | Anne EnzenbergGND, André LaschewskyORCiDGND, Christine BoeffelORCiD, Erik Wischerhoff |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-400634 |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (363) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2017/09/22 |
Publication year: | 2017 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2017/09/22 |
Tag: | fluorescent dyemonomers; lower critical solution temperature; molecular thermometers; naphthalimide; poly(N-vinylcaprolactam); polymeric sensors; solvatochromism; thermo-responsive polymers |
Number of pages: | 21 |
Source: | Polymers 8 (2016) Nr. 4. - DOI: 10.3390/polym8040109 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |
Grantor: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |