?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.127299&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+synthesis+and+evaluation+of+polyaromatic+profluorescent+nitroxide+probes+for+the+detection+of+photo-oxidative+polymer+degradation&rft.creator=Lussini%2C+Vanessa+C.&rft.subject=Degradation&rft.subject=Fluorescence&rft.subject=Free+Radical&rft.subject=Isoindoline&rft.subject=Nitroxide&rft.subject=Photo-oxidative&rft.subject=Weathering&rft.subject=Polymer&rft.subject=Profluorescent&rft.subject=Fluorphore&rft.description=This+study+focused+on+the+synthesis+and+evaluation+of+novel+photo-stable+profluorescent+nitroxide+probes.+The+stability+and+performance+of+the+newly+synthesised+probes+were+assessed+under+harsh+environmental+environments+and+compared+with+previously+synthesised+PFN+probes.+Analysis+of+their+physical+characteristics+revealed+that+the+nitroxide-fluorophore+probes+displayed+strongly+suppressed+fluorescence+in+comparison+to+their+corresponding+non-radical+derivatives.+Evaluation+of+these+probes+confirmed+their+enhanced+ability+to+detect+radical+polymer+degradation+in+the+laboratory+and+in+true+weathering+conditions+over+any+previously+synthesized+profluorescent+nitroxides+or+other+laboratory+techniques.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2019&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F127299%2F1%2FVanessa_Lussini_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.127299&rft.relation=Lussini%2C+Vanessa+C.+(2019)+The+synthesis+and+evaluation+of+polyaromatic+profluorescent+nitroxide+probes+for+the+detection+of+photo-oxidative+polymer+degradation.+PhD+by+Publication%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F127299%2F&rft.identifier=Science+%26+Engineering+Faculty