The reaction-based deposition on various surfaces of an all-organic fluorescent coating is reported here, involving autoxidation of 2 mM dopamine in carbonate buffer at pH 9.0, in the presence of a 1 mM diamine-resorcinol coupler (Bis-Res) prepared from 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and hexamethylenediamine (HMDA). Spectral analysis of the films coupled with an LC-MS investigation of the yellow fluorescent mixture was compatible with the formation and deposition of HMDA-linked methanobenzofuroazocinone fluorophores. Both the emission properties and hydrophobicity of the film were abated in a reversible manner following exposure to acid vapors. These results provide an entry to efficient and practical fluorescent coating methodologies based on in situ generation and the deposition of wet adhesive, as well as fluorescent materials combining a strongly emitting fluorophore with the film-forming properties of long chain diamines.

Reaction-Based, Fluorescent Film Deposition from Dopamine and a Diamine-Tethered, Bis-Resorcinol Coupler / Alfieri, Maria Laura; Iacomino, Mariagrazia; Napolitano, Alessandra; D'Ischia, Marco. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1661-6596. - 20:18(2019), p. 4532. [10.3390/ijms20184532]

Reaction-Based, Fluorescent Film Deposition from Dopamine and a Diamine-Tethered, Bis-Resorcinol Coupler

Alfieri, Maria Laura;Iacomino, Mariagrazia;Napolitano, Alessandra
;
d'Ischia, Marco
2019

Abstract

The reaction-based deposition on various surfaces of an all-organic fluorescent coating is reported here, involving autoxidation of 2 mM dopamine in carbonate buffer at pH 9.0, in the presence of a 1 mM diamine-resorcinol coupler (Bis-Res) prepared from 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and hexamethylenediamine (HMDA). Spectral analysis of the films coupled with an LC-MS investigation of the yellow fluorescent mixture was compatible with the formation and deposition of HMDA-linked methanobenzofuroazocinone fluorophores. Both the emission properties and hydrophobicity of the film were abated in a reversible manner following exposure to acid vapors. These results provide an entry to efficient and practical fluorescent coating methodologies based on in situ generation and the deposition of wet adhesive, as well as fluorescent materials combining a strongly emitting fluorophore with the film-forming properties of long chain diamines.
2019
Reaction-Based, Fluorescent Film Deposition from Dopamine and a Diamine-Tethered, Bis-Resorcinol Coupler / Alfieri, Maria Laura; Iacomino, Mariagrazia; Napolitano, Alessandra; D'Ischia, Marco. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1661-6596. - 20:18(2019), p. 4532. [10.3390/ijms20184532]
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