Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2012-02-13

Tuning fluorescent response of nanoscale film with polymer grafting.

Marius Chyasnavichyus, Volodymyr Tsyalkovsky, Bogdan Zdyrko, Igor Luzinov

Index: Macromol. Rapid Commun. 33(3) , 237-41, (2012)

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Abstract

An effective method for tuning fluorescent response of an ultrathin (5 nm) polymer film, which can be used for generation of sensing arrays, is reported. This method is distinctive in that the modification of the optical response is achieved with polymer grafting of a non-fluorescent polymer to a fluorescent film. Using this approach, a number of films demonstrating different fluorescent emission when exposed to solvent vapors were synthesized.Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.