TY - JOUR
T1 - Coumarins in polymers
T2 - From light harvesting to photo-cross-linkable tissue scaffolds
AU - Trenor, Scott R.
AU - Shultz, Allan R.
AU - Love, Brian J.
AU - Long, Timothy Edward
PY - 2004/6/1
Y1 - 2004/6/1
N2 - Coumarins exhibit intriguing properties, including conventional reaction chemistry to incorporate the groups on a number of different base molecules, tunable absorbance and fluorescence spectra, and the ability to photoreversibly dimerize. A review is given of the use of coumarin and coumarin derivatives in polymers. First, an overview of coumarin and coumarin derivatives is presented. Second, the use of coumarin-containing polymers in electro-optical studies, the development of photoreversible polymer systems, the use of coumarin in biopolymer studies, and the use of coumarins in other systems are discussed.
AB - Coumarins exhibit intriguing properties, including conventional reaction chemistry to incorporate the groups on a number of different base molecules, tunable absorbance and fluorescence spectra, and the ability to photoreversibly dimerize. A review is given of the use of coumarin and coumarin derivatives in polymers. First, an overview of coumarin and coumarin derivatives is presented. Second, the use of coumarin-containing polymers in electro-optical studies, the development of photoreversible polymer systems, the use of coumarin in biopolymer studies, and the use of coumarins in other systems are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1021/cr030037c
DO - 10.1021/cr030037c
M3 - Article
C2 - 15186188
AN - SCOPUS:4344650324
SN - 0009-2665
VL - 104
SP - 3059
EP - 3077
JO - Chemical Reviews
JF - Chemical Reviews
IS - 6
ER -