Abstract
Commercial glass fibers have been subjected to different activation treatments under neutral and acidic conditions to achieve different coating degrees when silanized with γ-aminopropyltriethoxisi lane (APES). A fluorescent sulfonamide (PSA) was formed between the amine residue and a fluorescent probe, pyrenesulfonyl chloride (PSC). Reflectance UV–Vis spectra of the pyrene-doped fibres show that pyrene is present in the form of preassociated dimers when the coating degree is low. Emission and excitation fluorescence spectra reveal the existence of a charge transfer ground-state complex with exciplex emission at 460–515 nm and absorption red-shifted with respect to the S0 → S1 transition. Lifetime measurements yield three lifetimes, which are assigned to dimer, exciplex, and monomer emission. From the photophysical data it is concluded that the fibers with the highest silane content have an open structure with the highest fraction of isolated fluorescent moieties.
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