Issue 123, 2015

Synthesis and chemosensory properties of triphenylamine-substituted conjugated polyfluorene containing a terminal di(2-picolyl)amine moiety

Abstract

This paper describes the synthesis of a triphenylamine-substituted alternating conjugated polyfluorene (PFAD) containing a pendant terminal di(2-picolyl)amine (DPA) group through the Heck coupling reaction. We examined the effect of DPA units on the sensory characteristics of fluorescent chemosensors. Photoluminescence titrations demonstrated that PFAD exhibited high sensitivity to Fe3+ ions. Furthermore, in a solution of tetrahydrofuran and water, a remarkable change was observed in the fluorescence color of PFAD, which had a Stern–Volmer constant of 1.30 × 103 M−1, from bright blue to dark upon adding Fe3+ ions. Because of the considerably high stability constant of the CN–Fe3+ complex, the fluorescence of the PFAD solution that was quenched by Fe3+ ions recovered upon the addition of trace CN anions; the detection limit was as low as 1.08 × 10−5 mol l−1. PFAD exhibited a high fluorescence quantum yield (0.73), suggesting that it is a promising material for use in polymeric light-emitting diodes and as a chemosensor.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and chemosensory properties of triphenylamine-substituted conjugated polyfluorene containing a terminal di(2-picolyl)amine moiety

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Oct 2015
Accepted
19 Nov 2015
First published
23 Nov 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 101826-101833

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Synthesis and chemosensory properties of triphenylamine-substituted conjugated polyfluorene containing a terminal di(2-picolyl)amine moiety

P. Yang, H. Wen and H. He, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 101826 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA20562J

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