Photons and Spins in the Service of Polymer Science: Luminescence, Photochemical, NMR and ESR Probes of Polymer Interfaces and Surfaces

摘要

We have been concerned over the past decade with the use of photochemical and photophysical probes of interfaces and surfaces in order to obtain information about the chemical structure the geometric structure and dynamics of molecules adsorbed on surfaces at or near an interfacial region. This paper reviews research involving the use of fluorescence and phosphorescence probes, both intrinsic and extrinsic to investigate the structure and dynamics of water soluble polymers such as poly(acrylic acid), (PAA), poly(vinyl sulfonic acid), (PVSA), and DNA. (aw)