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Fluorescent probes for stimuli-responsive polymers : to fluoresce, or not to fluoresce?
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Mabire, Anne B. (2017) Fluorescent probes for stimuli-responsive polymers : to fluoresce, or not to fluoresce? PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis explores the use of aminobromomaleimide and dithiomaleimide functionalities to probe their environment. These fluorescent functionalities were incorporated into responsive polymeric nanostructures allowing their behaviour to be read-out upon external stimuli.
Chapter 1 gives a brief introduction on nanoparticles formation and the polymerisation techniques used throughout the thesis. The properties of bromo- and thio-maleimides and their use in protein and polymer chemistry were also introduced.
Chapter 2 describes a morphology transition simultaneously with a fluorescence on-to-off switch as a result of the modification of the dithiomaleimide substituent.
Chapter 3 presents the synthesis of a library of aminomaleimides and explores their fluorescent properties.
In Chapter 4, the fluorescent properties of aminobromomaleimide were incorporated into CO2-responsive polymeric nanoparticles for a built-in read-out of the CO2-response.
Chapter 5 explores the possibility of using the fluorescent properties of aminobromomaleimide to read-out the behaviour of glutathione-responsive particles
| Item Type: | Thesis or Dissertation (PhD) | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Fluorescent probes, Fluorescent polymers, Nanoparticles, Polymerization, Imides | ||||
| Official Date: | July 2017 | ||||
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| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Theses Department: | Department of Chemistry | ||||
| Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | O'Reilly, Rachel K. | ||||
| Sponsors: | British Petroleum Company | ||||
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| Extent: | xxix, 206 leaves : illustrations, charts | ||||
| Language: | eng |
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