2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of AIE polymer and AIE gel as new luminescence materials
| Project/Area Number |
24850008
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Polymer chemistry
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 凝集誘起発光 / ポリアクリル酸 / カルシウムセンサー |
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| Research Abstract |
Recently, aggregation-induced emission (AIE) fluorophores have attracted attention because of its potential for sensors and EL materials. In this work, we synthesized various polymers, copolymers and gels that having AIE fluorophores based on a AIE monomer consisting of a AIE fluorophore and vinyl group, and investigated their properties and functions. As a result, we find that a polyacrylic acid that carrys an AIE fluorophore in the side chain serves as a fluorescent calcium sensing material that works in extracellar condition ([Ca2+] ~ 2.0 mM). Furthermore, an insoluble crosslinked polyacrylic acid gel also exhibited the calcium sensing property, enabling us to develop a flexible Ca2+ sensing device capable of real- time sensing of Ca2+ concentration.
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Research Products
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