“…In previous studies of aromatic chromophores bound to watersoluble polymers, we and others have found it useful to characterize the effect of the polymer on excited-state quenching.13•14 '22 In general, one expects that as the III and IV. 6 In HaO/EtOH (4:1, v/v). = Estimated by interpolation of lifetime data at different pHs (from Table IV).…”