Date Thesis Awarded
5-2010
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Science (BS)
Department
Chemistry
Advisor
Elizabeth J. Harbron
Committee Members
Carey Bagdassarian
Robert J. Hinkle
Pamela S. Hunt
Abstract
Two types of dye-doped conjugated polymer nanoparticles that undergo fluorescence photomodulation were successfully created. The modulation of polymer nanoparticle fluorescence is possible via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). FRET occurs when an acceptor's absorbance has good spectral overlap with a donor's fluorescence, allowing the donor to pass its energy to the acceptor. The donor in this work is the conjugated polymer poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) and the acceptor is a photochromic dye, either a spirooxazine or a diarylethene in my case.
Recommended Citation
Davis, Christina Marie, "Photomodulation of Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles via Photochromic Dye Doping" (2010). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 685.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/685
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.