Issue 33, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Molecular recognition in bisurea thermoplastic elastomers studied with pyrene-based fluorescent probes and atomic force microscopy†

Nicole E. Botterhuis,a   S. Karthikeyan,a   Dirk Veldman,a   Stefan C. J. Meskersa  and  Rint P. Sijbesma*a  

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a Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, PO Box 513, The Netherlands
E-mail: r.p.sijbesma@tue.nl
Fax: +31402451036
Tel: +31402473111

Abstract

Fluorescence spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements using bisurea-pyrene probes show that they are randomly dispersed in the hard blocks of thermoplastic elastomers with matching bisurea groups, whereas they phase separate from polymers with non-matching or no bisurea groups.

Graphical abstract: Molecular recognition in bisurea thermoplastic elastomers studied with pyrene-based fluorescent probes and atomic force microscopy

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B804457K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Mar 2008
Accepted
22 May 2008
First published
02 Jul 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 3915-3917

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Molecular recognition in bisurea thermoplastic elastomers studied with pyrene-based fluorescent probes and atomic force microscopy

N. E. Botterhuis, S. Karthikeyan, D. Veldman, S. C. J. Meskers and R. P. Sijbesma, Chem. Commun., 2008, 3915 DOI: 10.1039/B804457K

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