T. Seki et al., SOLVATOCHROMIC PROPERTIES OF AN AMMONIUM-CONTAINING POLYSILANE IN WATER-ETHANOL BINARY-MIXTURES, Chemistry Letters, (5), 1996, pp. 361-362
A water-soluble polysilane having a trimethylammonium group has been s
ynthesized and its spectroscopic properties in water, ethanol and thei
r binary mixtures are investigated. In water-ethanol binary mixtures,
variations in the UV absorption and fluorescence properties attributed
to the delocalized sigma electron in the Si backbone exhibit a maximu
m at intermediate mixing ratios.