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HERO ID
6763580
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Fluorescence spectroscopy of polymer gels and solids
Author(s)
Huang, HW; Horie, K; ,
Year
1997
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Location
OXFORD
Page Numbers
407-414
Web of Science Id
WOS:000071168800005
Abstract
Before 1980, polymer scientists were somewhat unfamiliar with the application of fluorescence spectroscopy to their systems compared with biochemists, who had been using fluorescence spectroscopy for decades for detecting very small amounts of chromophores in biomaterials in various environments. However, the use of fluorescence spectroscopy to elucidate the dynamics and microstructure of polymers is rapidly increasing in the polymer community. In this review we describe recent developments in the application of fluorescence spectroscopy to the study of the dynamics and intermolecular interactions of gels, polyimides and liquid crystalline polymers in the solid state. These studies demonstrate that fluorescence spectroscopy is emerging as an innovative technique, capable of elucidating the molecular behaviour of polymers.
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