Conjugated polymers as molecular materials: How chain conformation and film morphology influence energy transfer and interchain interactions

BJ Schwartz - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The electronic structure of conjugated polymers is of current interest because of
the wide range of potential applications for such materials in optoelectronic devices. It is …

Controlling interchain interactions in conjugated polymers: the effects of chain morphology on exciton− exciton annihilation and aggregation in MEH− PPV films

TQ Nguyen, IB Martini, J Liu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2000 - ACS Publications
The presence of interchain species in the photophysics of conjugated polymer films has
been the subject of a great deal of controversy. In this paper, we present strong evidence …

Conjugated polymer aggregates in solution: Control of interchain interactions

TQ Nguyen, V Doan, BJ Schwartz - The Journal of chemical physics, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
We present evidence that the degree of interchain interactions and morphology in
conjugated polymer films can be controlled by altering the chain conformation in the solution …

Highly Emissive H-Aggregates or Aggregation-Induced Emission Quenching? The Photophysics of All-Trans para-Distyrylbenzene

J Gierschner, L Lüer, B Milián-Medina… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The present Perspective critically re-examines the photophysics of para-distyrylbenzene
(DSB) as a prototype of herringbone-arranged H-aggregates to resolve the apparent …

Tuning the properties of conjugated polyelectrolytes through surfactant complexation

L Chen, S Xu, D McBranch… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers related to poly (phenylene vinylene)(PPV) have been widely
recognized as versatile “electronic materials” for applications ranging from light-emitting …

Exciton-exciton annihilation and the production of interchain species in conjugated polymer films: Comparing the ultrafast stimulated emission and photoluminescence …

IB Martini, AD Smith, BJ Schwartz - Physical review B, 2004 - APS
Despite the enormous versatility of conjugated polymers for use in optoelectronic devices
and the correspondingly large number of research studies on their photophysics …

Probing the π-Stacking Induced Molecular Aggregation in π-Conjugated Polymers, Oligomers, and Their Blends of p-Phenylenevinylenes

SR Amrutha, M Jayakannan - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The role of π-stack induced molecular aggregation on solution and solid-state luminescent
properties was investigated for the tricyclodecane substituted bulky (p-phenylenevinylene) s …

Chain organization and photophysics of conjugated polymer in poor solvents: Aggregates, agglomerates and collapsed coils

R Traiphol, N Charoenthai, T Srikhirin, T Kerdcharoen… - Polymer, 2007 - Elsevier
UV/vis absorption, excitation, and emission spectroscopies are utilized to explore the
association behavior of conjugated polymer, poly [2-methoxy, 5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-p …

Electrochemiluminescence from organic emitters

D Dini - Chemistry of materials, 2005 - ACS Publications
Electrically induced light emission from conjugated organic molecules in a condensed
phase has constituted one of the most investigated phenomena in the recent past for a …

Unified picture of the photoexcitations in phenylene-based conjugated polymers: Universal spectral and dynamical features in subpicosecond transient absorption

B Kraabel, VI Klimov, R Kohlman, S Xu, HL Wang… - Physical review B, 2000 - APS
Using subpicosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, we investigate the primary
photoexcitations in thin films and solutions of several phenylene-based conjugated …