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Luminescent properties of dye-PMMA composite nanospheres

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 1560-1567

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c0cp00929f

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [20773045, 20903043, 20973075]
  2. Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20090061120089]

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The luminescent properties of two types of dye-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) composite nanospheres were discussed and compared. Dye molecules (Ru(bpy)(3)Cl-2) were combined with PMMA nanospheres in two strategies: embedding dye molecules during PMMA nanosphere formation (Em-PMMA NPs) and adsorbing dye molecules onto the surface of the produced PMMA nanospheres (Ad-PMMA NPs). It has been proved that the electrostatic interaction dominated the load of Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) on the PMMA matrix. The luminescence intensity of the Em-PMMA NPs was much higher than that of the Ad-PMMA NPs under same dye concentration due to different dye load distribution in two types of dye-PMMA composite nanospheres. Luminescence lifetime measurement of Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) in the Em-PMMA NPs (containing 2.20 x 10(3) Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) molecules per NP) indicates that similar to 60% of dye molecules loaded in inside of the PMMA matrix and similar to 40% located close to/on the surface of NPs. For the Ad-PMMA NPs containing same amount of dye as Em-PMMA Nps, most of dye molecules (similar to 84%) were on the surface of NPs and only similar to 16% of them penetrated into the PMMA matrix. The luminescence of the Em-PMMA NPs had nearly seven fold enhancement and the excited-state lifetime had nearly five fold extension relative to a dye aqueous solution. The mechanism of luminescence enhancement was studied. The results indicate that the larger viscosity and weaker polarity of a PMMA matrix led to the luminescence enhancement of Ru(bpy)(3)(2+). These luminescent PMMA nanospheres with high stability, long lifetime and high brightness hold great the potential for being a novel biological label.

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