Decoloration rates of a photomerocyanine dye as a visual probe into hydrogen bonding interactions
Author(s) -
Simone Ciampi,
Paul K. Eggers,
Naomi L. Haworth,
Nadim Darwish,
Paweł Wagner,
Michelle L. Coote,
Gordon G. Wallace,
Colin L. Raston
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/c4cc09857a
Subject(s) - hydrogen bond , hydrogen , materials science , fluidics , nanotechnology , chemistry , photochemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , engineering , aerospace engineering
We have developed a visual marker for the investigation of hydrogen bonding (HB) effects. The decoloration rate of a photochromic dye that incorporates a latent intra-molecular HB feature can be linked to the HB character of the media. Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of this simple decoloration approach for HB sensing are investigated both experimentally and by high level theoretical studies. This principle has been applied for the detection of changes in the HB character of stationary and fluidic systems. A major finding is the observation of a shear-related perturbation of the balance between intra- and inter-molecular HB within a dynamic thin film.
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