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Collective Optical Behavior of Cationic Water‐Soluble Dendrimers
Author(s) -
Wang S.,
Gaylord B. S.,
Bazan G. C.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200401036
Subject(s) - dendrimer , cationic polymerization , chromophore , materials science , quenching (fluorescence) , fluorescence , macromolecule , homogeneous , energy transfer , photochemistry , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemical physics , polymer chemistry , optics , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , thermodynamics , engineering
Water‐soluble dendrimers containing cationic charges and optically active units on the periphery of the macromolecular structure have been designed. Collective optical behavior of the chromophores on the surface was demonstrated by fluorescence quenching and energy‐transfer experiments. These water‐soluble dendrimers can be used for optically amplified DNA detection (see Figure) in homogeneous media.