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Dual Gas-responsive Fluorescent Diblock Copolymer Synthesized via RAFT Polymerization

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Stimulus-responsive polymers with luminescence properties have a wide range of applications in the fields of controlled drug release, fluorescent probes, and biological stents. In this paper, carbon dioxide (CO2)/oxygen (O2) dual-responsive fluorescent diblock copolymers were synthesized by the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization method with two fluorescent monomers synthesized as its luminescence source, DEAEMA (CO2 responsive monomer) and tFMA (O2 responsive monomer). An experimental study demonstrated that the synthesized stimulus-responsive fluorescent polymer had a high sensitivity to CO2; the double-responsive fluorescent diblock copolymer could form and achieve the reversal of polymer micelles in the aqueous solution when it was sequentially subjected to the introduction of CO2 and O2.

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  1. School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun, Liaoning, 113001, China

    Xiaozhen Zhang, Jinjin Wang, Xiaorong Wang & Fengyang Zhao

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750021, China

    Shijia Zhou, Shuangshuang Sun & Shengwei Guo

  3. Ecological and Environmental Affairs Service Center, Fushun, Liaoning, 113006, China

    Shijia Zhou & Shuangshuang Sun

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Xiaorong Wang contributed to the conception of the study and wrote the manuscript; Xiaozhen Zhang performed the experiment; Shijia Zhou contributed significantly to analysis; Jinjin Wang performed the data analyses and manuscript preparation; Shuangshuang Sun helped perform the analysis with constructive discussions; Fengyang Zhao helped do the revision; Shengwei Guo helped perform the analysis with constructive discussions.

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Zhang, X., Wang, J., Zhou, S. et al. Dual Gas-responsive Fluorescent Diblock Copolymer Synthesized via RAFT Polymerization. J Fluoresc 32, 435–442 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-021-02877-z

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