ISSN:
0360-6376
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The excited state of pyrene observed in fluorescence and pulsed laser techniques is used to show that pyrene is solubilized in the polymer coil of aqueous solution of polymethacrylic acid (PMA) at pH 〈 4-5. This leads to a decreased access of molecules such as I-, Tl+, CH3NO2, and O2 to excited pyrene in the polymer coil. The protection of the excited state by solubilization in the polymer is sufficient to enable 3-bromopyrene phosphorescence to be observed at room temperature in these systems. Increasing the pH of the system uncoils the polymer and leads to increased accessibility of excited pyrene to CH3NO2; eventually, at pH 〉5, the pyrene is ejected into the aqueous phase of the system. In the presence of micellar solutions of surfactants increasing pH transports the pyrene from the polymer to the micellar aggregates. These fluorescence techniques are used to investigate the kinetics of expansion of the polymer coil. The system is suggested as a suitable model for the interaction of pyrene with biopolymers such as DNA.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1979.170170415
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