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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 50, Issue 15, Pages 5940-5945Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00883
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- KAKENHI [16H02277, 24850008]
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) Someya Bio-Harmonized Electronics
- Dynamic Alliance for Open Innovation Bridging Human, Environment and Materials from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT)
- Suzukakedai Materials Analysis Division, Technical Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26102008, 16H02277, 24850008] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We recently reported that tetraphenylethene-appended poly(crylic acid) derivatives [PAA-TPEx (x = 0.01-0.05)] provide a fluorescent Ca2+ sensor, where aggregation-induced emission (ALE) of the TPE pendants occurs in conjunction with Ca2+-triggered polymer-chain folding. On the basis of dynamic and static light-scattering data, here we discuss the hydrodynamic radius and molar mass of PAA-TPE0.01 in the presence of Ca2+, Mg2+, or Na+ at various concentrations and elucidate the origin of the Ca2+ selectivity. In contrast to Na+, which exclusively triggered nonfluorescent interpolymer aggregation of PAA-TPE0.01, Ca2+ and Mg2+ induced polymer-chain folding associated with ATE from the TPE pendants. Importantly, Ca2+ caused polymer-chain folding more effectively than Mg2+. Consequently, polymer aggregates formed in the presence of Ca2+ possessed a much higher inner density than those formed in the presence of Mg2+, leading to a more pronounced AIE behavior and, in turn, the Ca2+ ion selectivity over Mg2+.
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