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Conjugated polymers containing pendant terpyridine complexes as photoactive sensors

Conference ·
OSTI ID:20034138
The authors have synthesized a novel conjugated polymer containing terpyridine receptors. This conjugated, polymer-based fluorescent chemosensory system exhibits unusually high sensitivity toward transition metal ions ({approximately}10{sup {minus}9} M). The fluorescence quenching response of the terpyridine containing conjugated polymer to transition metal ions is related to a facile energy migration in which energy from absorption of a photon, can migrate through the conjugated polymer system and be quenched by trapping sites. Terpyridine receptors can readily bind to transition metal ions and create a low lying Metal to Ligand Transfer (MLCT) state which can act as an excitation trap.
Research Organization:
State Univ. of New York, Binghamton, NY (US)
OSTI ID:
20034138
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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