Vol. 13 | No. 3 |1458-1471| July - September | 2020
ISSN: 0974-1496 | e-ISSN: 0976-0083 | CODEN: RJCABP
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Rasayan J. Chem., 13(3), 1458-1471(2020)
http://dx.doi.org/10.31788/RJC.2020.1335683
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND STUDY OF
FLUORESCENT-HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYESTERS
Jignasa V. Modh and Saurabh. K. Patel*
Department of Chemistry, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University,
Surat-395007(Gujarat) India.
*E-mail: saurabh.silvina@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Fluorescent-High performance polyesters have been synthesized by the polycondensation method at high temperature
using cetrimide as initiator. Ten Polyesters were synthesized having different aliphatic-aromatic diols in the chain
having s-triazine ring as the main moiety. Modification and introduction of the bulky pendent group in monomer
structure increase the thermal stability of the polymers. The synthesized polymers have shown gray to black color.
The solubility properties of synthesized polyesters were carried out in polar and non-polar solvents. The inherent and
reduced viscosities were checked by Ubbelohde solution Viscometer and intrinsic viscosity was measured using
Huggins and Kraemer’s equations. Thermogravimetric analysis of all the polyesters has been carried out. The unique
property of fluorescence of these polyesters makes them valuable candidates as high-performance materials.
Keywords: Polycondensation, Thermogravimetric Analysis, High Performance, Fluorescence, Viscosity.
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INTRODUCTION
In recent years, many researchers have been affected by the synthesis and characterization of fluorescent -
high-performance polymers.
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High thermal stability of polymers due to the s-triazine moiety, it is notable
that the s-triazine ring is heat resistant.
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Polymers having S-Triazine ring become a subject of interest
because of good thermal stability, enhanced toughness and low moisture absorption and commercially
available high-performance engineering plastic materials.
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The Triazine based material reveals outstanding
high-temperature performance, which could be assigned to the N- heterocyclic structures
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. Polymers
containing the triazine ring as part of the polymer chain are usually insoluble and infusible. However, the
thermal stability of the triazine ring makes it an attractive monomer for use in high-temperature polymers.
High-performance polymers have been utilized in applications that demand services at elevated
temperatures while maintaining their structural integrity and an outstanding combination of chemical,
physical and mechanical properties.
Since the 1980s, fluorescent polymers utilized in commercial development further attracted tremendous
scientific and industrial interest due to their potential in achieving the goal of light-emitting device
technology that is economically viable for solid-state lighting and displays, which offer significant gains in
power efficiency, color quality, and lifetime at a lower cost and less environmental impact than traditional
incandescent and fluorescent lighting.
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Fluorescent polymeric materials have been achieved a great intentness owing to wide range application
such as clean energy technologies
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, explosive sensing, pH/ temperature sensor, biological imaging
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life
science, material science, ultrasensitive molecular diagnosis and novel light-emitting Nano devices
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, and
biological detection schemes, smart polymer machines, fluorescent chemosensor, fluorescent molecular
thermometers, fluorescent imaging, drug delivery carriers, and so on.
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Fluorescent polymers can be
developed with different methods, generally, there are two admittances for the preparation of fluorescent
polymers. One of them polymerization of a monomer having a fluorescent chromophore such as fluorescent
compounds as initiator, fluorescent compounds as chain transfer agents, chemical bonding between
fluorescent groups and polymers
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, the second is the chemical variation of polymers by fluorescent