D-Glucose-based polymer chains investigated by Delayed Luminescence

Worth to note the relevance of glucose in biological systems, being the most important source of energy in all organisms. In this work we studied the different Glucose based polymers, Amylose and Cellulose, by means of Delayed Luminescence (DL) spectroscopy, with the aim to acquire new knowledge on the mechanisms responsible for the DL phenomenon and check the possibility to give in-depth analysis of possible collective states present in Glucose-based structures. Indeed, the experimental results qualitatively agree with the soliton mechanism of the Delayed Luminescence.