In:
Scientific Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 7, No. 1 ( 2017-11-27)
Abstract:
An aliphatic citric acid–PEG hyper-branched polymer (CPHP) with a π-bond on the polymer backbone was synthesized by a single- step melt reaction in which the polymerization and π-bond formation occur simultaneously. The chemical structure of CPHP was confirmed by FTIR, 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR and MALDI-TOF mass spectral analyses. Aggregates are generally found to disperse in any solvent but the CPHP aggregates were soluble in water due to their hybrid nature. The π-bond in the aconitate unit induces green emission by CH/π interaction while the PEG unit of CPHP increases its solubility in water. The soluble aggregates induced green emission (SAIE) of the CPHP was investigated by UV-Visible absorption and emission spectra, time- correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) and zeta potential measurements. The fluorescence life time (τ f ) increased from 4.93 to11.38 ns with an increase in CPHP concentration. The fluorescence quantum yield (Φ f ) of CPHP can be altered by varying the concentration of CPHP.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2045-2322
DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-16683-w
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2017
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2615211-3
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