Synthesis and characterization of pyrene-labeled poly(ethylenimine)
Synthesis and characterization of pyrene-labeled poly(ethylenimine)
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DOI:
10.1021/ma980672y
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发表时间:
1998-09
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
M. Winnik;and Simon M. Bystryak;Zhaoqing Liu;J. Siddiqui
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作者:
M. Winnik;and Simon M. Bystryak;Zhaoqing Liu;J. Siddiqui
Pyrene-labeled poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) containing different amounts of pyrene per polymer were prepared by reductive amination of PEI with 1-pyrenecarboxaldehyde. Aqueous solutions of the pyrene-labeled PEI (PEI−Py) exhibit typical pyrene monomer and excimer emission, and the excimer-to-monomer ratio IE/IM decreases with decreasing Py content of the macromolecule. The excimer emission arises from preassociated pyrene aggregates. Both the monomer and excimer emission intensities increase with decreasing pH of the solution. A decrease in pH of the solution from pH = 10 to pH ≈ 1.5 led to approximately a 100-fold increase in IM, whereas IE increased just 2- to 3-fold. A major feature of this system is the quenching of the Py fluorescence by amino groups of the PEI. This quenching depends on the degree of protonation of these groups. Model experiments with pyrenemethanol show that triethylamine is 20 times more effective as a quencher than diethylamine in water, implying that most of the quenching in PEI is ...