Abstract
The properties of polymer materials are often determined by their interfaces. Polymer interfacesare usually much broader than inorganic interfaces, with values from 1 to 10 nm. This range matches thetypical length scale of Förster non-radiative resonance energy transfer (FRET). While the use of FRETin polymers was pioneered by Morawetz in the 1980s, the technique has only recently been extended to obtainquantitative detailed information on polymer interfaces and other nanostructured materials. A numberof systems with nanodomains and heterogeneous dye concentration profiles, ranging from block copolymer filmsand micelles, to polymer nanoparticles, latex film formation and polymer blends, have been successfullycharacterized by FRET.
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Farinha, J.P.S., Martinho, J.M.G. (2007). Resonance Energy Transfer in Polymer Interfaces. In: Berberan-Santos, M.N. (eds) Fluorescence of Supermolecules, Polymers, and Nanosystems. Springer Series on Fluorescence, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/4243_2007_005
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