pH-dependent optical properties of a poly(phenylene ethynylene) conjugated polyampholyte

A poly(phenylene ethynylene) conjugated polymer (PPE-NMe(3)(+)-COO(-)) containing tetraalkylammonium groups and carboxylate groups has been synthesized by Sonogashira coupling. Due to the presence of the strong cationic and weak anionic pendant units, the polymer undergoes a pH-induced transition fr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 27(2011), 5 vom: 01. März, Seite 1565-8
1. Verfasser: Ji, Eunkyung (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Whitten, David G, Schanze, Kirk S
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Carboxylic Acids Polymers Quaternary Ammonium Compounds Solutions poly(phenylene ethynylene)
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Zusammenfassung:A poly(phenylene ethynylene) conjugated polymer (PPE-NMe(3)(+)-COO(-)) containing tetraalkylammonium groups and carboxylate groups has been synthesized by Sonogashira coupling. Due to the presence of the strong cationic and weak anionic pendant units, the polymer undergoes a pH-induced transition from cationic polyelectrolyte to polyampholyte due to deprotonation of the carboxylic acid units in basic solution. Studies of the pH dependence of the polymers' optical properties reveal changes in absorption oscillator strength and fluorescence quantum efficiency that are triggered by the transition from cationic polyelectrolyte to polyampholyte nature. Stern-Volmer fluorescence quenching of PPE-NMe(3)(+)-COO(-) with a negatively charged quencher 1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimide-N,N-bis(methylsulfonate) (NDS) shows that the polymer fluorescence quenching is amplified at low pH where the polymer is a polycation, whereas the quenching efficiency is considerably less at high pH
Beschreibung:Date Completed 07.06.2011
Date Revised 25.11.2016
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la104586t