Issue 4, 2010
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Polymer Chemistry

A superamplification effect in the detection of explosives by a fluorescent hyperbranched poly(silylenephenylene) with aggregation-enhanced emission characteristics†

Jianzhao Liu,ab   Yongchun Zhong,c   Ping Lu,ab   Yuning Hong,ab   Jacky W. Y. Lam,ab   Mahtab Faisal,ab   Yong Yu,ab   Kam Sing Wongc  and  Ben Zhong Tang*abd  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: tangbenz@ust.hk

b HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, Nansha, Guangzhou, China

c Department of Physics, HKUST, Hong Kong, China

d Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

Light emission of a hyperbranched poly(silylenephenylene) is quenched exponentially by picric acid, with quenching constant up to ∼1.5 × 105 L mol−1. This superamplification effect makes the polymer a highly sensitive chemosensor for explosive detection.

Graphical abstract: A superamplification effect in the detection of explosives by a fluorescent hyperbranched poly(silylenephenylene) with aggregation-enhanced emission characteristics

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0PY00046A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Feb 2010
Accepted
01 Mar 2010
First published
11 Mar 2010

Polym. Chem., 2010,1, 426-429

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A superamplification effect in the detection of explosives by a fluorescent hyperbranched poly(silylenephenylene) with aggregation-enhanced emission characteristics

J. Liu, Y. Zhong, P. Lu, Y. Hong, J. W. Y. Lam, M. Faisal, Y. Yu, K. S. Wong and B. Z. Tang, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 426 DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00046A

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