title: The use of coumarins as environmentally-sensitive fluorescent probes of heterogeneous inclusion systems.
abstract: Coumarins, as a family of molecules, exhibit a wide range of fluorescence emission properties. In many cases, this fluorescence is extremely sensitive to the local environment of the molecule, especially the local polarity and microviscosity. In addition, coumarins show a wide range of size, shape, and hydrophobicity. These properties make them especially useful as fluorescent probes of heterogeneous environments, such as supramolecular host cavities, micelles, polymers and solids. This article will review the use of coumarins to probe such heterogeneous systems using fluorescence spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada. bwagner@upei.ca
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D003374:Coumarins / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008823:Micelles; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D016062:Porosity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers