Conjugated polyelectrolyte-grafted silica microspheres

A direct method for preparation of conjugated polymer-grafted silica particles is reported. Silica particles (0.3 and 5 mum diameter) are treated with a 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylamine derivative that is functionalized with an aryl iodide unit. A solution step-growth polymerization reaction is perfor...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1991. - 23(2007), 8 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 4541-8
1. Verfasser: Ogawa, Katsu (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Chemburu, Sireesha, Lopez, Gabriel P, Whitten, David G, Schanze, Kirk S
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:A direct method for preparation of conjugated polymer-grafted silica particles is reported. Silica particles (0.3 and 5 mum diameter) are treated with a 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylamine derivative that is functionalized with an aryl iodide unit. A solution step-growth polymerization reaction is performed in solution that contains a dispersion of the aryl iodide-functionalized particles. The reaction is a Pd(0)-catalyzed (Sonogashira) A-B-type polymerization of an oligo(ethylene glycol)-fuctionalized diiodobenzene and a bis(propyloxy)sulfonate-substituted diethynylbenzene. The overall process affords silica particles that feature a surface graft layer of an anionic poly(phenylene ethynylene)-type conjugated polyelectrolyte. The particle surface modification process was monitored by infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and the polymer-grafted silica particles were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, confocal fluorescence microscopy, and absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The conjugated polyelectrolyte-grafted silica particles are highly fluorescent, and a Stern-Volmer quenching study of the particles' fluorescence with electron-transfer- and energy-transfer-type quenchers shows that the quenching response depends on the type of quenching mechanism
Beschreibung:Date Completed 27.06.2007
Date Revised 03.04.2007
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0743-7463