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Sorption and Desorption of PVA-Pyrene Chains in and out of Agarose Gel

Journal of Fluorescence volume 22, pages 1073–1080 (2012)Cite this article

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In situ steady-state fluorescence (SSF) measurement technique was applied to investigation of pyrene labeled Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA-Py) molecules diffusion in and out of agarose gels. Gel samples with four different concentration of agarose were prepared. PVA-Py was synthesized by “click” chemistry method and dissolved in water to use in diffusion experiments. The results were analyzed by using Fickian type diffusion model, and it was found that sorption and desorption processes of PVA-Py molecules in and out of agarose gel have two distinct regions for short and long diffusion times. Sorption and desorption coefficients were measured and it was seen that the diffusion rates were much larger at short times and at lower agarose concentrations.

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  1. Department of Physics, Trakya University, Faculty of Science, 22030, Edirne, Turkey

    Selim Kara

  2. Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey

    Burcin Gacal, Deniz Tunc & Yusuf Yagci

  3. Faculty of Arts and Science, Kadir Has University, 34320, Cibali, Istanbul, Turkey

    Önder Pekcan

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Kara, S., Gacal, B., Tunc, D. et al. Sorption and Desorption of PVA-Pyrene Chains in and out of Agarose Gel. J Fluoresc 22, 1073–1080 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-012-1045-1

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Keywords

  • Agarose gel
  • Diffusion
  • Fluorescence
  • Poly(vinyl alcohol)
  • Pyrene