Spiropyran polymeric microcapillary coatings for photodetection of solvent polarity

Fused silica microcapillaries were functionalized with spiropyran-polymer brushes using surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Based on the inherited spiropyran properties, the functionalized capillaries were successfully used to photoidentify solvents of different polarity when p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 29(2013), 8 vom: 26. Feb., Seite 2790-7
1. Verfasser: Florea, Larisa (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: McKeon, Aoife, Diamond, Dermot, Benito-Lopez, Fernando
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Benzopyrans Indoles Nitro Compounds Polymers Solvents spiropyran
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Zusammenfassung:Fused silica microcapillaries were functionalized with spiropyran-polymer brushes using surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Based on the inherited spiropyran properties, the functionalized capillaries were successfully used to photoidentify solvents of different polarity when passing through the microcapillary in continuous flow. In the present study, six different solvents (toluene, tetrahydrofuran, acetone, acetonitrile, ethanol, and methanol) can be easily detected while passing through the modified microcapillary by simply irradiating a portion of it with UV light (365 nm). This converts the closed spiropyran moiety to the open merocyanine form, and as a consequence, the microcapillary gains a distinct color and spectral response depending on the polarity of the solvent. The rate of ring-opening of the spiropyran-polymer brushes coatings has been determined in situ in the presence of different solvents, showing that the coloration rate is also influenced by the solvent polarity and therefore can be used as an additional parameter for solvent sensing
Beschreibung:Date Completed 13.08.2013
Date Revised 26.02.2013
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la304985p