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    Small molecule desorption from a swelling polymeric glass in polymer solution: Energy transfer method
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2005-07-15) Uğur, Şaziye; Pekcan, Mehmet Önder
    Direct energy transfer (DET) method conjunction with fast transient fluorescence (FTRF) technique were used to study small molecule desorption from a swelling poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) glass in polymer solution, which is consist of naphthalene (N)-labeled PMMA chains in chlorofrom-heptane mixture. Desorption coefficients, D-d of pyrene (P) desorbing from the swelling PMMA glass prior to dissolution were measured and found to be 8.3 x 10(-8) and 1.3 x 10(-5) cm(2) s(-1) in short and long time regions, respectively.
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    Effects of annealing on morphology of polymer/polymer (PS/PMMA) blend; a fluorescence study
    (John Wiley& Sons Inc, 2006-05-05) Uğur, Şaziye; Pekcan, Mehmet Önder
    Steady state fluorescence (SSF) technique conjunction with optical microscopy were used to study the morphology of polystyrene (PS)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blend upon annealing above glass transition in elevated time intervals. The PS/PMMA blends were prepared from dissolution of pyrene (P) and naphthalene (N) labeled PS and PMMA particles, respectively. Monte Carlo Simulations were performed to model the N and P fluorescence intensities (I-N and I-P), Using photon diffusion theory. Number of N and P photons (N-N and N-P) emerging from the front surface of the blend are calculated when only N is excited, where N-P photons are combined of photons from radiative (N-PR) and nonradiative (N-PNR) energy transfer processes. Optical microscopy images were taken at each annealing step to Support Our findings from fluorescence measurements.
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    Film formation from nano-sized polystyrene latex particles
    (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2005-05) Uğur, Şaziye; Elaissari, Abdelhamid; Pekcan, Mehmet Önder
    This work reports on the steady state fluorescence (SSF) technique for studying film formation from surfactant-free, nano-sized polystyrene (PS) latex particles prepared via emulsion polymerization. The latex films were prepared from pyrene M-labeled PS particles at room temperature and annealed at elevated temperatures in 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 min time intervals above the glass transition temperature (T-g) of PS. During the annealing processes, the transparency of the film was improved considerably. Monomer and excimer fluorescence intensities, I-p and I-E respectively, from P were measured after each annealing step to monitor the stages of film formation. Evolution of transparency of the latex films was monitored by using photon transmission intensity, It,. Void closure and interdiffusion stages were modeled and related activation energies were determined and found to be 10.3 and 50.3 kJ mol(-1). Void closure temperatures, T-v, were determined from the minima of I-tr value. Copyright
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    Small molecule desorption prior to dissolution of a polymeric glass
    (Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-07-15) Pekcan, Mehmet Önder; Uğur, Şaziye
    Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) discs in various molecular weights (M-w) were prepared by free-radical polymerization. Pyrene (Py) was introduced during polymerization as a fluorescence probe. In situ steady state fluorescence experiments were performed to monitor desorption processes in chloroform solvent. When the PMMA discs were in chloroform, desorption of Py molecules were monitored by observing the change of Py fluorescence intensity I-P. To understand the mechanism of desorption, two different experiments were carried out in the meantime. In the first experiment, the weight of swelling and dissolving PMMA discs against dissolution time was monitored. The parallel experiment was conducted by measuring fluorescence intensity I-P from the desorbing Py molecules. Then, a set of desorption experiments were performed by monitoring I-P for various discs with different molecular weight of PMMA. A Fickian diffusion model was employed to quantify the fluorescence data produced from the swelling PMMA discs to measure desorption coefficients D-d. The measured D-d values decrease as the molecular weight of PMMA is increased in the swelling glass.