title: Fluorescent monomers as building blocks for dye labeled polymers: synthesis and application in energy conversion, biolabeling and sensors.
abstract: This review focuses on side-chain functionalized polymers derived from direct (co)polymerization of fluorescent dyes. This overview about polymerizable dyes includes 1,8-naphthalimides, fluoresceins, rhodamines, coumarins, azo-dyes, oxadiazoles, diverse aromatic dyes as well as selected other dyes that cannot be classified within these groups. The discussed dyes have been functionalized with a polymerizable unit in order to apply straight-forward polymerization procedures. Therefore, the center of attention is set to the optical properties of the polymerizable dyes and the applicable polymerization techniques. Furthermore, the various applications (i.e., in biomedicine and pharmacy, as thermo-responsive materials and energy transfer materials, for dispersion of carbon nanotubes and others) of each polymer are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Breul
authors.forename: Martin D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hager
authors.forename: Ulrich S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D003374:Coumarins / Q000737:chemistry; D004735:Energy Transfer; D019793:Fluorescein / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D053644:Naphthalimides / Q000737:chemistry; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D003374:Coumarins; D053644:Naphthalimides; D010080:Oxazoles; D011108:Polymers; D012235:Rhodamines; D019793:Fluorescein