Durable modification of silica aerogel monoliths with fluorescent 2,7-diazapyrenium moieties. Sensing oxygen near the speed of open-air diffusion
Durable modification of silica aerogel monoliths with fluorescent 2,7-diazapyrenium moieties. Sensing oxygen near the speed of open-air diffusion
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DOI:
10.1021/cm9901966
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发表时间:
1999-10-01
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8.6
通讯作者:
Merzbacher, CI
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作者:
Leventis, N;Elder, IA;Merzbacher, CI
Silica sol-gels were covalently modified with N-(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl)-2,7-diazapyrenium bromide (DAP). Luminescent aerogels are created in which none of the fluorophore leaches from the gels during either the washing or supercritical drying necessary to prepare DAP-modified aerogels, The bulk density (0.17 g/cm(3)), N-2-adsorption surface area (870 m(2)/g), and thermogravimetric and scanning electron micrographic characteristics of the dye-modified aerogels remain identical to those of the unmodified silica aerogels, The bulk concentration of the dye in the aerogels was 16.6 mM; at these loadings the aerogels demonstrate bulk photoluminescence. As based on the mesoporous surface area, the surface coverage of the dye is 7-8% of a monolayer. The absorption, emission, and O-2-quenching characteristics of the diazapyrenium dye in the aerogels parallel those obtained in alcoholic (rather than aqueous) solution, which further indicates that the dopant molecules are Isolated from each other and that they see an environment with a similar to OH polarity, Time-resolved emission studies indicate that all DAP moieties reside in a single type of microenvironment. Emission quenching of similar to 1-cm-diameter monoliths of DAP-silica aerogel is complete in