“…In a series of studies on polyelectrolytes functionalized with polycyclic aromatic groups as photoactive centers, we have demonstrated that the macromolecular microenvironments can have critical effects in various ways on photoredox reaction (Morishima et al, 1981(Morishima et al, , 1982a(Morishima et al, , 1982bItoh et al, 1982Itoh et al, , 1983Itoh et al, , 1984a. Recent studies have shown that the local electrostatic potential of the polyelectrolytes plays a decisive role over the fate of the ionic photoproducts (Itoh et al, 1984b;Morishima et al, 1984).…”