Temperature-regulated fluorescence and association of an oligo(ethyleneglycol)methacrylate-based copolymer with a conjugated polyelectrolyte - The effect of solution ionic strength

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 14576-14587

  Inal, Sahika ^a   Chiappisi, Leonardo ^b   Kölsch, Jonas D ^a   Kraft, Mario ^c   Appavou, Marie Sousai ^d   Scherf, Ullrich ^c   Wagner, Manfred ^e   Hansen, Michael Ryan ^e   Gradzielski, Michael ^b   Laschewsky, André ^a   Neher, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES; FLUORESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; METHACRYLATE-BASED COPOLYMERS; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION; SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; THERMO-RESPONSIVE COPOLYMERS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPOLYMERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIC STRENGTH; MACROMOLECULES; MIXTURES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYELECTROLYTES; SALTS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84888621214     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408864s     Document Type: Article

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