Synthesis, characterization and fluorescence quenching of poly(fluorene-alt-enylenevinylene)s

Abstract

Two poly(fluorine-alt-phenylenevinylene)s fluorescent conjugated polymers, poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-alt-phenylenevinylene) (PFO/PPV1) and poly(fluorene-alt-2,5-dioctoxyphenylenevinylene) (PFO/PPV2), were obtained through a Heck polycondensation. The structures of the obtained polymers were characterized by FT-IR, ¹H-NMR and GPC. The thermal stabilities of the polymers were evaluated by TGA. The photophysical properties were studied by UV and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy both in solution and film. Their applications in the detection of nitro compounds were researched, and the results show high fluorescence quenching sensitivity of PFO/PPV1 towards nitro compounds such as 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) and 4-nitrotoluene (p-NT) in solution and thin film.

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