PMMA Based Soluble Polymeric Temperature Sensors Based on UCST Transition and Solvatochromic Dyes
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Pietsch, Christian; Hoogenboom, Richard; Schubert, Ulrich S.
- Abstract:
- Poly(methyl methacrylate) copolymers labeled with a UV/vis or
fluorescent dye were synthesized by RAFT polymerization and
subsequently investigated as optical or fluorescent temperature
sensors in ethanol. The UCST transition of PMMA in combination
with solvatochromic dyes was found to result in a wide linear
temperature response and to provide insights into the structural
conformation of the PMMA chains during the UCST phase
transition.
- Year:
- 2010
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Journal:
- Polymer Chemistry
- Volume:
- 1
- Pages:
- 1005 - 1008