FLUORESCENT POLYMERS SOLUBLE IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to fluorescent polymers soluble in an aqueous solution carrying at least 5 fluorophores which are distributed on a polymer and exhibit the following properties: fluorophores are water-soluble, the fluorophores are not self-associated in water at a concentration equal to or less than 10^-4 mol/l, preferably a concentration equal to or less than 10^-3 mol/l, the fluorophores which are free in the aqueous solution have a molar extinction coefficient greater than 1000 M^-1?cm^-1, , the fluorophores which are free in the aqueous solution have a quantum efficiency greater than 0.3, preferably greater than 0.6, said polymers have a fluorescence amplification factor equal to or greater than 0.35 per polymer Kg/mol, preferably greater than 0.45 per polymer Kg/mol.