Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
TALANTA, cilt.179, ss.107-114, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
Crosslinked 2-bromoethyl methacrylate polymer (PBEMA) was prepared in micro-spherical form (2-5 mu m) by precipitation polymerization methodology. The bromide substituent was substituted with an azide group, which was then coupled with 1-[(2-Propynyloxy)methyl]pyrene] via alkyne-azide click chemistry. The pyrene-linked microspheres showed an intense green-blue excimer emission with a maximum at 480 nm, implying pi-pi stacking between the pyrene moieties on the microsphere surfaces. This fluorescence emission is extremely sensitive to the aromatic nitro compounds. So that the green-blue light fades immediately upon addition of trace amounts of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) and 2,4,6-trinitro phenol (TNP) in 100% aqueous media. Stem-Volmer plots were employed for comparison of their fluorescence quenching effects. The plots revealed Stern-Volmer constants of 1.33 x 10(5), 2.451 x 10(5) and 1.076 x 10(5) M-1 for TNT, TNP and DNT, respectively. Furthermore, it has been observed that, the microspheres can be reused several times, without losing excimer emission properties.