title: Fluorescent polymers from non-fluorescent photoreactive monomers.
abstract: A facile, fast and ambient-temperature avenue towards highly fluorescent polymers is introduced via polymerizing non-fluorescent photoreactive monomers based on light-induced NITEC chemistry, providing a platform technology for fluorescent polymers. The resulting polypyrazolines were analyzed in depth and the photo-triggered step-growth process was monitored in a detailed kinetic study.
authors.affiliation: Preparative Macromolecular Chemistry, Institut für Technische Chemie und Polymerchemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 18, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. christopher.barner-kowollik@kit.edu.
authors.forename: Jan O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Voll
authors.forename: Friedrich G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delaittre
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barner-Kowollik
mesh_terms: D061565:Cycloaddition Reaction; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry; D058105:Polymerization; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007097:Imines; D009570:Nitriles; D011108:Polymers; D011720:Pyrazoles; D013777:Tetrazoles