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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 84, Issue 17, Pages 7555-7561Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac301731x
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- University Grants Commission, India [UGC/739/RFSMS/CHEM]
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Fluorescence in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEGs 400-12000) solutions is reported here for the first time. PEG solutions form a vesicular organization with the hydrophilic groups attached at both ends which arrange themselves beyond a particular concentration and offer electron dense regions at the center of the vesicle. These vesicles provide an inherent site for fluorescence generation in PEG solutions. Fluorescence emission was observed at similar to 380 nm with an excitation wavelength of 300 nm. PEG of molecular weight 6000 was found to show maximum emission intensity at a particular concentration. The formation of PEG vesicles (similar to 1 nm size) was confirmed by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and confocal laser microscopy. On addition of metal ions the polymeric vesicle breaks up to monomeric PEG, and hence, the fluorescence intensity decreases with a red shift. Fluorescence lifetime measurements indicate the nature of complexation of the metals with PEG. Since PEGs are used as one of the phases in aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) of liquid liquid extractions, the nature of the fluorescence emission spectrum of the PEG phase after extraction was studied. Metal extraction in the PEG-rich phase of an ABS leads to quenching of fluorescence in PEG.
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