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Spectral characterisation of new organic fluorescent dyes with an alkoxysilane moiety and their utilisation for the labelling of layered silicates

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New fluorescence dyes with an alkoxysilane moiety were synthesised by the condensation of 3-(triethoxysilyl)-1-propanamine (3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane) with 4,10-benzothioxanthene-3,1′-dicarboxylic acid anhydride (BTXA) and N,N-dimethylaminonaphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic acid anhydride (DMANA), which was accompanied by the formation of an imidic bridge. The compounds N-(3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl)-thioxantheno[2,1,9-dej]isoquinoline-1,3-dione (BTX-S) and 4-(N′, N′-dimethyl)-N-(triethoxysilyl)propyl-1,8-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid imide (DMAN-S) were characterised by steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy in chloroform and ethanol. Both conjugates (BTX-S and DMAN-S) exhibited absorption and emission bands in the same region as the un-substituted BTXA and DMANA. An important Stokes shift was observed for DMAN-S in ethanol. A high fluorescence quantum yield was observed for BTX-S in both solvents and for DMAN-S in chloroform. In addition, the newly developed fluorescent silane dyes were covalently attached to the microscopic particles of layered silicates and on the surface of SiO2 wafers as a proof of concept for fluorescence particle (surface) visualisation. The surface wafer modification was precisely characterised by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Successful covalent linkage onto the particles of layered silicates was proved by confocal laser scanning microscopy technique.

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  1. Centre of Excellence GLYCOMED, Polymer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Martin Danko

  2. Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 41, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Matej Mičušík & Mária Omastová

  3. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 36, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Juraj Bujdák

  4. Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Juraj Bujdák

  5. International Laser Centre, Il’kovičova 3, 841 04, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Dušan Chorvát Jr.

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Dedicated to Professor Štefan Toma on the occasion of his 75th birthday

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11696-014-0619-6.

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Danko, M., Mičušík, M., Omastová, M. et al. Spectral characterisation of new organic fluorescent dyes with an alkoxysilane moiety and their utilisation for the labelling of layered silicates. Chem. Pap. 67, 18–28 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11696-012-0249-9

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