The applicability of new 1,6-diphenylquinolin-2-oneas derivatives as fluorescent molecular sensors for monitoring the progress of photopolymerisation processes by Fluorescence Probe Technique (FPT) has been tested. The progress of cationic, free-radical and thiol-ene photopolymerisation for commercially available monomers: triethylene glycol divinyl ether (TEGDVE), trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) and trimethylpropane tris(3-mercaptopropropionate) (MERCAPTO) was monitored. It was found that new derivatives of 1,6-diphenylquinolin-2-one shifted their fluorescence spectra towards shorter wavelengths with the progress of polymerisation, which enabled monitoring the progress in terms of fluorescence intensity ratios as the progress indicator. Derivatives of 1,6-diphenylquinolin-2-one show sensitivity to changes in both polarity and viscosity in the surrounding microenvironment during photopolymerisation processes. Therefore, it was shown that they are good candidates to act as fluorescent sensors for monitoring the kinetics of very quick processes, such as photopolymerisation processes. Furthermore, the effect of the nature of substituents attached to the 1,6-diphenylquinolin-2-one ring on the characteristics of emission spectra was identified. Moreover, the sensitivity of fluorescent sensors was compared with commercially available model sensors, such as 7-diethylamino-4-methylcoumarin (Coumarin 1) and trans-2-(2′,5′-dimethoxyphenyl)ethenyl-2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzene (25ST). Moreover, it was also proven that selected derivatives of 1,6-diphenylquinolin-2-one exhibit an accelerating effect on the progress of cationic photopolymerisation of vinyl monomers (TEGDVE). Thus, the new 1,6-diphenylquinolin-2-one derivatives can be successfully used both as molecular fluorescence sensors to monitor the progress of photopolymerisation processes and as diaryliodonium salt photosensitisers to initiate cationic photopolymerisation processes in a UV-A range of 365 nm.

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The mechanism of thermal degradation of poly(furfuryl alcohol) (PFA) deposited on the MCM-48 mesoporous silica was studied. The behaviour of the thin PFA film homogeneously dispersed on the silica surface (the material with the real PFA/MCM-48 mass ratio of 0.06) was compared to that of the 3D structure of PFA completely filling the MCM-48 channels (the material with the real PFA/MCM-48 mass ratio of 1.02). The progress of decomposition was controlled by thermogravimetry accompanied by infrared spectroscopy providing information on the composition of gaseous products evolved during the sample degradation. The thermal treatment of PFA/ MCM-48 composites at various temperatures in the range of 523-1323 K enabled us to synthesize two series of PFAderived carbon adsorbents: (1) containing the degraded PFA film supported on the mesoporous silica and (2) CMK-1 type carbon replicas, which were obtained by leaching of SiO 2 from the PFA/MCM-48 composite after the previous pyrolysis. The structural and textural properties of these materials were determined by powder X-ray diffraction, DRIFT spectroscopy and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption. Furthermore, the samples were tested as adsorbents of different volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The PFA/MCM-48 materials showed the high adsorption capacity only in the removal of polar molecules, whereas CMK-1 was effective in the elimination of linear alkanes and aromatic VOCs as well.