Issue 1, 2005

Influence of chain length on exciton migration to low-energy sites in single fluorene copolymers

Abstract

Fluorescence spectroscopy was performed on single molecules of two 9,9-dialkylfluorene–benzothiadazole (FxBT) copolymers with a 10-fold difference in average molecular weight. Molecules of both polymers exhibit red-shifted emission indicative of energy migration to low-energy sites (LES) on the polymer chains; however, “red” spectra are much more common for the longer polymer. Since singlet-exciton migration is found to occur on the molecular length scale in both cases, the increased number of red-shifted spectra observed for the longer polymer is evidence that the likelihood of LES formation increases with chain length. This relationship is discussed in terms of three possible causes of low-energy sites: local polymer conformations, chromophores with extended conjugation lengths, and random chemical defects.

Graphical abstract: Influence of chain length on exciton migration to low-energy sites in single fluorene copolymers

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Nov 2004
Accepted
26 Nov 2004
First published
10 Dec 2004

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2005,4, 95-99

Influence of chain length on exciton migration to low-energy sites in single fluorene copolymers

R. K. Lammi and P. F. Barbara, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2005, 4, 95 DOI: 10.1039/B417753N

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