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Fluorescence of Polymers at Interfaces: Polymerization, Relaxations, and Imaging

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Reviews in Fluorescence 2010

Part of the book series: Reviews in Fluorescence ((RFLU,volume 2010))

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In this chapter, the main findings of fluorescence methodologies to monitor polymerization processes and to characterize thermal relaxations both in bulk and at the polymer/particle interface as well as the uses of fluorescence lifetime distributions and several imaging techniques to characterize the morphology and phase distribution of polymer blends are presented. Several examples comprising acrylic, vinylic, and epoxy systems are discussed.

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This work was supported by CICYT under grants MAT 2007-63722, MAT2010-17091, CTQ2010-16414/BQU and CTQ2007-61007/BQU.

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Baselga, J., Pierola, I.F., Serrano, B., Pozuelo, J., Cabanelas, J.C., Martín, O. (2012). Fluorescence of Polymers at Interfaces: Polymerization, Relaxations, and Imaging. In: Geddes, C. (eds) Reviews in Fluorescence 2010. Reviews in Fluorescence, vol 2010. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9828-6_13

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