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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Kirk S. Schanze, Gainesville, FL (US);
Anand Parthasarathy, Naperville, FL (US);
Subhadip Goswami, Gainsville, FL (US);
David G. Whitten, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Eunkyung Ji, Ervy le Chatel, FR;
Thomas S. Corbitt, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dimitri Dascier, Ervy le Chatel, FR;
Kirk S. Schanze, Gainesville, FL (US);
Anand Parthasarathy, Naperville, FL (US);
Subhadip Goswami, Gainsville, FL (US);
David G. Whitten, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Eunkyung Ji, Ervy le Chatel, FR;
Thomas S. Corbitt, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dimitri Dascier, Ervy le Chatel, FR;
STC, UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
Thiophene containing water-soluble oligomers were synthesized and characterized. The photophysical properties of these compounds were studied; transient absorption spectroscopy was used to probe the triplet excited state and their ability to sensitize singlet oxygen was spectroscopically monitored in deuterated methanol. The above compounds were tested for their light activated biocidal properties againstboth under UV and visible radiation. Among the oligomers studied, the terthiophene derivative was found to kill the bacteria efficiently.