Highly efficient quenching of nanoparticles for the detection of electron??deficient nitroaromatics

P Marks, S Cohen, M Levine

Index: Marks, Patrick; Cohen, Sage; Levine, Mindy Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 51, # 19 p. 4150 - 4155

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Citation Number: 12

Abstract

ABSTRACT Reported herein is the highly efficient quenching of fluorescent organic nanoparticles by 2, 4-dinitrotoluene and 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene. These fluorescent nanoparticles are formed from the hydrophobic collapse of fluorescent polymer chains and display quenching efficiencies that are in line with the highest reported literature values. Moreover, the fluorescent quenching occurs only for the fluorescent nanoparticles, and not ...