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Pradhan SR, Prasad CK, Das M, Srinivasan A. The (o-p-o)-Terphenyl Embedded Calix[2]phyrin(2.2.1.1.1) and Its Cu(II) Complex. Chem Asian J 2024; 19:e202400135. [PMID: 38503696 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202400135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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The introduction of a higher arene unit as a structural motif is unprecedented in calixphyrin chemistry. Herein, the syntheses, spectral and structural characterization of heretofore anonymous terphenylene unit (o-p-o) incorporated calixphyrin with fused sp2 meso carbons is reported. The explicitly tailored macrocyclic core is utilized to stabilize the Cu(II) metal ion. The molecular structures of the calixbenziphyrin and Cu(II) complex are unambiguously confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis. Moreover, theoretical supports uphold experimental conclusions.
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- Sourav Ranjan Pradhan
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, 752050, Odisha, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, 752050, Odisha, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), An OCC of, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, 752050, Odisha, India
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Bhat V, Callaway CP, Risko C. Computational Approaches for Organic Semiconductors: From Chemical and Physical Understanding to Predicting New Materials. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37141497 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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While a complete understanding of organic semiconductor (OSC) design principles remains elusive, computational methods─ranging from techniques based in classical and quantum mechanics to more recent data-enabled models─can complement experimental observations and provide deep physicochemical insights into OSC structure-processing-property relationships, offering new capabilities for in silico OSC discovery and design. In this Review, we trace the evolution of these computational methods and their application to OSCs, beginning with early quantum-chemical methods to investigate resonance in benzene and building to recent machine-learning (ML) techniques and their application to ever more sophisticated OSC scientific and engineering challenges. Along the way, we highlight the limitations of the methods and how sophisticated physical and mathematical frameworks have been created to overcome those limitations. We illustrate applications of these methods to a range of specific challenges in OSCs derived from π-conjugated polymers and molecules, including predicting charge-carrier transport, modeling chain conformations and bulk morphology, estimating thermomechanical properties, and describing phonons and thermal transport, to name a few. Through these examples, we demonstrate how advances in computational methods accelerate the deployment of OSCsin wide-ranging technologies, such as organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic thermoelectrics, organic batteries, and organic (bio)sensors. We conclude by providing an outlook for the future development of computational techniques to discover and assess the properties of high-performing OSCs with greater accuracy.
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- Vinayak Bhat
- Department of Chemistry & Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, United States
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Novel ionizing radiation induced reactions of poly(3-hexylthiophene). Polym Degrad Stab 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2022.110129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pushpanandan P, Ravikanth M. Synthesis and Properties of Stable 20π Porphyrinoids. CHEM REC 2022; 22:e202200144. [PMID: 35896952 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The 20π porphyrinoids are immediate higher homologues of 18π porphyrins and differ from porphyrins in aromaticity which in turn affects the structure, properties and chemical reactivities. Research over the years indicated that the 20π porphyrinoids can be stabilized as non-aromatic/anti-aromatic or Mobius aromatic macrocycles using different strategies such as core-modification of porphyrins, non-metal/metal complexation of porphyrins, peripheral modification of porphyrins and expanded porphyrinoids. The structural properties such as aromaticity of the macrocycle can be controlled by choosing the right synthetic strategy. This review will provide an overview of the development in the chemistry of 20π porphyrinoids giving emphasize on the synthesis, structure and electronic properties of these macrocycles which have huge potential for various applications.
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- Poornenth Pushpanandan
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Macrocyclic Lab, Lab No. 338, 400076, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Macrocyclic Lab, Lab No. 338, 400076, Mumbai, India
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Li H, Yang H, Zhang L, Wang S, Chen Y, Zhang Q, Zhang J, Tian H, Han Y. Optimizing the Crystallization Behavior and Film Morphology of Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Semiconducting Polymers by Side-Chain–Solvent Interaction in Nonpolar Solvents. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Hongxiang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Xie M, Hua Y, Hong D, Wan S, Tian Y. Physical insights into protection effect of conjugated polymers by natural antioxidants. RSC Adv 2021; 11:1614-1622. [PMID: 35424094 PMCID: PMC8693752 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra09657a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Conjugated polymers (CPs) known as organic semiconductors have been broadly applied in photovoltaic and light emitting devices due to their easy fabrication and flexibility. However, one of the bottlenecks limiting the application of CPs is their poor photostability upon continuous excitation which is one of the crucial parameters of CPs. How to improve the photostability of CPs is always one of the key questions in this field. In this work, we found that the photostability of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) molecules can be largely improved by addition of vitamin E (VE) in bulk solution, solid films and single molecules. In solution and films, VE can not only significantly retard the photodegradation of P3HT but also enhance the fluorescence intensity. For individual P3HT molecules, with increasing VE concentrations, the on-time duration increases and the off-time duration becomes shorter. VE as natural antioxidants can not only donate electrons to the long-lived charged species but also quench the triplet states of CPs via energy transfer accelerating the depopulation process back to the ground state. The short duration time of the charged species and the triplet states provides higher fluorescence intensity. Furthermore, VE can also directly react with singlet oxygen or other reactive oxygen species (ROS) preventing them from reacting with CPs. These results not only provide an efficient strategy for improving the photostability of conjugated polymers in solution and films, but also shed light on better understanding the photophysics of conjugated polymers at single-molecule level.
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- Mingcai Xie
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University Nanjing China
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Chen PT, Yang YW, Reiter G, Yang ACM. Large quantum efficiency enhancements of pristine conjugated polymer MEH-PPV by interlayer polymer diffusion. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Miljkovic A, La Cognata S, Bergamaschi G, Freccero M, Poggi A, Amendola V. Towards Building Blocks for Supramolecular Architectures Based on Azacryptates. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25071733. [PMID: 32283788 PMCID: PMC7181268 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25071733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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In this work, we report the synthesis of a new bis(tris(2-aminoethyl)amine) azacryptand L with triphenyl spacers. The binding properties of its dicopper complex for aromatic dicarboxylate anions (as TBA salts) were investigated, with the aim to obtain potential building blocks for supramolecular structures like rotaxanes and pseudo-rotaxanes. As expected, UV-Vis and emission studies of [Cu2L]4+ in water/acetonitrile mixture (pH = 7) showed a high affinity for biphenyl-4,4′-dicarboxylate (dfc2−), with a binding constant of 5.46 log units, due to the best match of the anion bite with the Cu(II)-Cu(II) distance in the cage’s cavity. Compared to other similar bistren cages, the difference of the affinity of [Cu2L]4+ for the tested anions was not so pronounced: conformational changes of L seem to promote a good interaction with both long (e.g., dfc2−) and short anions (e.g., terephthalate). The good affinity of [Cu2L]4+ for these dicarboxylates, together with hydrophobic interactions within the cage’s cavity, may promote the self-assembly of a stable 1:1 complex in water mixture. These results represent a good starting point for the application of these molecular systems as building units for the design of new supramolecular architectures based on non-covalent interactions, which could be of interest in all fields related to supramolecular devices.
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- Ana Miljkovic
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V.le Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (A.M.); (M.F.); (A.P.); (V.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V.le Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (A.M.); (M.F.); (A.P.); (V.A.)
- Correspondence:
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, National Research Council of Italy, Via M. Bianco 9, 20131 Milano, Italy;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V.le Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (A.M.); (M.F.); (A.P.); (V.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V.le Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (A.M.); (M.F.); (A.P.); (V.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, V.le Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (A.M.); (M.F.); (A.P.); (V.A.)
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Young C, Hammack A, Lee HJ, Jia H, Yu T, Marquez MD, Jamison AC, Gnade BE, Lee TR. Poly(1,4-phenylene vinylene) Derivatives with Ether Substituents to Improve Polymer Solubility for Use in Organic Light-Emitting Diode Devices. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:22332-22344. [PMID: 31909316 PMCID: PMC6941186 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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New ether-substituted poly(1,4-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) derivatives were synthesized via Horner-Emmons coupling. The structures of the monomers and the resultant oligomers were confirmed by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopies. The molecular weights of the oligomers were characterized by gel permeation chromatography, giving the number-average and weight-average molecular weights and the corresponding polydispersity indices. Measurements of UV-vis absorption and fluorescence were used to characterize the optical properties of the oligomers. Estimation of the highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels and other electrochemical characteristics of the oligomers were investigated by cyclic voltammetry. Dialkyl and dialkoxy PPV oligomers were also prepared and characterized following the same instrumental methods used for the ether-substituted oligomers, providing a known reference system to judge the performance of the new conjugated oligomers. Devices were fabricated to analyze the electroluminescent characteristics of the oligomers in organic light-emitting diodes.
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- Crystal
A. Young
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas 77006, United
States
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- Office
of Research, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Office
of Research, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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- Department
of Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, Texas 75205, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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Wang G, Swick SM, Matta M, Mukherjee S, Strzalka JW, Logsdon JL, Fabiano S, Huang W, Aldrich TJ, Yang T, Timalsina A, Powers-Riggs N, Alzola JM, Young RM, DeLongchamp DM, Wasielewski MR, Kohlstedt KL, Schatz GC, Melkonyan FS, Facchetti A, Marks TJ. Photovoltaic Blend Microstructure for High Efficiency Post-Fullerene Solar Cells. To Tilt or Not To Tilt? J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:13410-13420. [PMID: 31379156 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Achieving efficient polymer solar cells (PSCs) requires a structurally optimal donor-acceptor heterojunction morphology. Here we report the combined experimental and theoretical characterization of a benzodithiophene-benzothiadiazole donor polymer series (PBTZF4-R; R = alkyl substituent) blended with the non-fullerene acceptor ITIC-Th and analyze the effects of substituent dimensions on blend morphology, charge transport, carrier dynamics, and PSC metrics. Varying substituent dimensions has a pronounced effect on the blend morphology with a direct link between domain purity, to some extent domain dimensions, and charge generation and collection. The polymer with the smallest alkyl substituent yields the highest PSC power conversion efficiency (PCE, 11%), reflecting relatively small, high-purity domains and possibly benefiting from "matched" donor polymer-small molecule acceptor orientations. The distinctive morphologies arising from the substituents are investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations which reveal that substituent dimensions dictate a well-defined set of polymer conformations, in turn driving chain aggregation and, ultimately, the various film morphologies and mixing with acceptor small molecules. A straightforward energetic parameter explains the experimental polymer domain morphological trends, hence PCE, and suggests strategies for substituent selection to optimize PSC materials morphologies.
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- Material Science and Engineering Division , National Institute of Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg , Maryland 20899 , United States
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- X-ray Science Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology , Linköping University , SE-60174 Norrköping , Sweden
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- Material Science and Engineering Division , National Institute of Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg , Maryland 20899 , United States
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- Flexterra Corporation , 8025 Lamon Avenue , Skokie , Illinois 60077 , United States
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Adinarayana B, Das M, Suresh CH, Srinivasan A. Homocarbaporphyrinoids: The m-o-m and p-o-p Terphenyl Embedded Expanded Porphyrin Analogues and Their Rh I Complexes. Chemistry 2019; 25:4683-4687. [PMID: 30715756 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Stable homocarbaporphyrinoids were successfully synthesized by incorporating the m-o-m and p-o-p terphenyl units into the porphyrin core. The distinct bonding modes of terphenyl in the macrocycle generated two structural isomers with two and four carbon atoms in the macrocyclic environment. The core was utilized to stabilize the RhI ion. The spectral and structural analyses revealed that the restricted (m-o-m) and allowed (p-o-p) conjugation in the macrocyclic core provide overall non-aromatic characteristics both to the free bases and their complexes.
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- B Adinarayana
- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, Bhubaneswar, 752050, Odisha, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, Bhubaneswar, 752050, Odisha, India
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- Inorganic & Theoretical Chemistry Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, 695019, Kerala, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, Bhubaneswar, 752050, Odisha, India
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Manandhar P, Vokatá T, Lee S, Lee Y, Jung HM, Shim S, Moon JH. Controlled ionic complexation of positively charged phenylene‐based conjugated polymers by modulated backbone structures. POLYM INT 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.5686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Prakash Manandhar
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University Miami FL USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University Miami FL USA
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Kumoh National Institute of Technology Gumi South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Sunchon National University Suncheon South Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry Kumoh National Institute of Technology Gumi South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Sunchon National University Suncheon South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University Miami FL USA
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Alkattan M, Prunet J, Shaver MP. Functionalizable Stereocontrolled Cyclopolyethers by Ring-Closing Metathesis as Natural Polymer Mimics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Mohammed Alkattan
- EaStCHEM; School of Chemistry; University of Edinburgh; Joseph Black Building; David Brewster Road Edinburgh EH9 3FJ UK
- WestCHEM; School of Chemistry; University of Glasgow; Joseph Black Building; University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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- WestCHEM; School of Chemistry; University of Glasgow; Joseph Black Building; University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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- EaStCHEM; School of Chemistry; University of Edinburgh; Joseph Black Building; David Brewster Road Edinburgh EH9 3FJ UK
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Alkattan M, Prunet J, Shaver MP. Functionalizable Stereocontrolled Cyclopolyethers by Ring-Closing Metathesis as Natural Polymer Mimics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:12835-12839. [PMID: 29873428 PMCID: PMC6175094 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Whereas complex stereoregular cyclic architectures are commonplace in biomacromolecules, they remain rare in synthetic polymer chemistry, thus limiting the potential to develop synthetic mimics or advanced materials for biomedical applications. Herein we disclose the formation of a stereocontrolled 1,4‐linked six‐membered cyclopolyether prepared by ring‐closing metathesis (RCM). Ru‐mediated RCM, with careful control of the catalyst, concentration, and temperature, selectively affords the six‐membered‐ring cyclopolymer. Under optimized reaction conditions, no metathetical degradation, macrocycle formation, or cross‐linking was observed. Post‐polymerization modification by dihydroxylation afforded a novel polymer family encompassing a poly(ethylene glycol) backbone and sugar‐like functionalities (“PEGose”). This strategy also paves the way for using RCM as an efficient method to synthesize other stereocontrolled cyclopolymers.
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- Mohammed Alkattan
- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.,WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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Kumar DR, Lidster BJ, Adams RW, Turner ML. Understanding the Microstructure of Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)s Prepared by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Using 13C-Labeled Paracyclophanediene Monomers. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Dharam R. Kumar
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Conjugation break spacers and flexible linkers as tools to engineer the properties of semiconducting polymers. Polym J 2018. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-018-0069-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hu Z, Shao B, Geberth GT, Vanden Bout DA. Effects of molecular architecture on morphology and photophysics in conjugated polymers: from single molecules to bulk. Chem Sci 2018; 9:1101-1111. [PMID: 29675155 PMCID: PMC5887865 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03465b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
A definitive comprehension of morphology and photophysics in conjugated polymers at multiple length scales demands both single molecule spectroscopy and well-controlled molecular architectures.
Conjugated polymers (CPs) possess a wide range of desirable properties, including accessible energetic bandgaps, synthetic versatility, and mechanical flexibility, which make them attractive for flexible and wearable optoelectronic devices. An accurate and comprehensive understanding about the morphology–photophysics relations in CPs lays the groundwork for their development in these applications. However, due to the complex roles of chemical structure, side-chains, backbone, and intramolecular interactions, CPs can exhibit heterogeneity in both their morphology and optoelectronic properties even at the single chain level. This molecular level heterogeneity together with complicated intermolecular interactions found in bulk CP materials severely obscures the deterministic information about the morphology and photophysics at different hierarchy levels. To counter this complexity and offer a clearer picture for the properties of CP materials, we highlight the approach of probing material systems with specific structural features via single molecule/aggregate spectroscopy (SMS). This review article covers recent advances achieved through such an approach regarding the important morphological and photophysical properties of CPs. After a brief review of the typical characteristics of CPs, we present detailed discussions of structurally well-defined model systems of CPs, from manipulated backbones and side-chains, up to nano-aggregates, studied with SMS to offer deterministic relations between morphology and photophysics from single chains building up to bulk states.
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- Zhongjian Hu
- Department of Chemistry , University of Texas at Austin , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Texas at Austin , USA .
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Wang CI, Hsu CH, Hua CC. The correspondence between the conformational and chromophoric properties of amorphous conjugated polymers in mesoscale condensed systems. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:20818-20828. [PMID: 28744545 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03415f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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For π-conjugated polymers, the notion of spectroscopic units or "chromophores" provides illuminating insights into the experimentally observed absorption/emission spectra and the mechanisms of energy/charge transfer. To date, however, no statistical analysis has revealed a direct correspondence between chromophoric and conformational properties-with the latter being fundamental to polymer semiconductors. Herein, we propose a "persistence length" calculation to re-evaluate chain conformation over a full conjugation length. The mesoscale condensed systems of MEH-PPV and MEH-PPV/C60 hybrid (system size ∼10 × 10 × 10 nm3) are utilized as two prototypical model systems, along with a full range of segmental lengths (2-20-mer) and five lowest singlet excited states to hint at the generality of the features presented. We demonstrate, for the first time, that two properly re-defined conformational factors that characterize chain folding and planarity, respectively, capture excellently the population distribution of chromophores in both systems investigated. In contrast, the conventional strategy of utilizing two adjacent monomer units to characterize (local) chain conformation results in only an inconspicuous correlation between the two, as previously reported. It is further shown that chain folding-and not chain planarity-is more relevant in capturing the associated oscillator strength for the first excited state, where the transient dipole moments are known to align with the chain conformation, although the corresponding excitation energy and exciton size seem relatively unaffected. The observed effects of C60 on the MEH-PPV adsorption spectra also agree with recent experimental trends. Overall, the present findings are expected to aid future multiscale computer simulations and spectroscopy-data interpretations for polymer semiconductors and their hybrid systems.
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- Chun I Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi 62102, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Kuei B, Gomez ED. Chain conformations and phase behavior of conjugated polymers. SOFT MATTER 2016; 13:49-67. [PMID: 27506183 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00979d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Conjugated polymers may play an important role in various emerging optoelectronic applications because they combine the chemical versatility of organic molecules and the flexibility, stretchability and toughness of polymers with semiconducting properties. Nevertheless, in order to achieve the full potential of conjugated polymers, a clear description of how their structure, morphology, and macroscopic properties are interrelated is needed. We propose that the starting point for understanding conjugated polymers includes understanding chain conformations and phase behavior. Efforts to predict and measure the persistence length have significantly refined our intuition of the chain stiffness, and have led to predictions of nematic-to-isotropic transitions. Exploring mixing between conjugated polymers and small molecules or other polymers has demonstrated tremendous advancements in attaining the needed properties for various optoelectronic devices. Current efforts continue to refine our knowledge of chain conformations and phase behavior and the factors that influence these properties, thereby providing opportunities for the development of novel optoelectronic materials based on conjugated polymers.
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- Brooke Kuei
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Erdmann T, Fabiano S, Milián-Medina B, Hanifi D, Chen Z, Berggren M, Gierschner J, Salleo A, Kiriy A, Voit B, Facchetti A. Naphthalenediimide Polymers with Finely Tuned In-Chain π-Conjugation: Electronic Structure, Film Microstructure, and Charge Transport Properties. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:9169-9174. [PMID: 27572671 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Naphthalenediimide-based random copolymers (PNDI-TVTx) with different π-conjugated dithienylvinylene (TVT) versus π-nonconjugated dithienylethane (TET) unit ratios (x = 100→0%) are investigated. The PNDI-TVTx-transistor electron/hole mobilities are affected differently, a result rationalized by molecular orbital topologies and energies, with hole mobility vanishing but electron mobility decreasing only by ≈2.5 times when going from x = 100% to 40%.
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- Tim Erdmann
- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V, Hohe Straße 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), 01062, Dresden, Germany
- Polyera Corporation, 8045 Lamon Avenue, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA
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- Polyera Corporation, 8045 Lamon Avenue, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA
- Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, SE-601 74, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Valencia, C/Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100, Burjassot - València, Spain
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies IMDEA in Nanoscience, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, C/Faraday 9, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Polyera Corporation, 8045 Lamon Avenue, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA
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- Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, SE-601 74, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies IMDEA in Nanoscience, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, C/Faraday 9, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V, Hohe Straße 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
- Technische Universität Dresden, Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), 01062, Dresden, Germany.
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V, Hohe Straße 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
- Technische Universität Dresden, Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), 01062, Dresden, Germany.
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- Polyera Corporation, 8045 Lamon Avenue, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
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Zhu X, Shao B, Vanden Bout DA, Plunkett KN. Directing the Conformation of Oligo(phenylenevinylene) Polychromophores with Rigid, Nonconjugatable Morphons. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Xinju Zhu
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- Center
for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Center
for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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Park H, Hoang DT, Paeng K, Yang J, Kaufman LJ. Conformation-Dependent Photostability among and within Single Conjugated Polymers. NANO LETTERS 2015; 15:7604-7609. [PMID: 26438977 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The relationship between photostability and conformation of 2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene (MEH-PPV) conjugated polymers was studied via excitation polarization modulation depth (M) measurements. Upon partial photobleaching, M distributions of collapsed, highly ordered MEH-PPV molecules shifted toward lower values. Conversely, M distributions of MEH-PPV molecules with random coil conformations moved toward higher values after partial photobleaching. Monte Carlo simulations of randomly distributed dipole moments along polymer chains subjected to partial photobleaching revealed that a statistical effect leads to an increase in peak M value. Decreases in M values seen experimentally in the population of MEH-PPV molecules with high M values, however, are due to conformation-dependent photostability within single MEH-PPV polymers. We show that, while folded MEH-PPV molecules are relatively more photostable than extended MEH-PPV molecules in an ensemble, extended portions of particular molecules are more photostable than folded domains within single MEH-PPV molecules.
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- Heungman Park
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University , Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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Camacho R, Tubasum S, Southall J, Cogdell RJ, Sforazzini G, Anderson HL, Pullerits T, Scheblykin IG. Fluorescence polarization measures energy funneling in single light-harvesting antennas--LH2 vs conjugated polymers. Sci Rep 2015; 5:15080. [PMID: 26478272 PMCID: PMC4609963 DOI: 10.1038/srep15080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Numerous approaches have been proposed to mimic natural photosynthesis using artificial antenna systems, such as conjugated polymers (CPs), dendrimers, and J-aggregates. As a result, there is a need to characterize and compare the excitation energy transfer (EET) properties of various natural and artificial antennas. Here we experimentally show that EET in single antennas can be characterized by 2D polarization imaging using the single funnel approximation. This methodology addresses the ability of an individual antenna to transfer its absorbed energy towards a single pool of emissive states, using a single parameter called energy funneling efficiency (ε). We studied individual peripheral antennas of purple bacteria (LH2) and single CP chains of 20 nm length. As expected from a perfect antenna, LH2s showed funneling efficiencies close to unity. In contrast, CPs showed lower average funneling efficiencies, greatly varying from molecule to molecule. Cyclodextrin insulation of the conjugated backbone improves EET, increasing the fraction of CPs possessing ε = 1. Comparison between LH2s and CPs shows the importance of the protection systems and the protein scaffold of LH2, which keep the chromophores in functional form and at such geometrical arrangement that ensures excellent EET.
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- Rafael Camacho
- Chemical Physics, Lund University, PO Box 124, Lund, SE-22100, Sweden
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- Chemical Physics, Lund University, PO Box 124, Lund, SE-22100, Sweden
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- Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Chemical Physics, Lund University, PO Box 124, Lund, SE-22100, Sweden
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- Chemical Physics, Lund University, PO Box 124, Lund, SE-22100, Sweden
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Lucas JM, Labastide JA, Wei L, Tinkham JS, Barnes MD, Lahti PM. Carpenter’s Rule Folding in Rigid–Flexible Block Copolymers with Conjugation-Interrupting, Flexible Tethers Between Oligophenylenevinylenes. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:8010-20. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b02295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jeffrey M. Lucas
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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Jackson NE, Kohlstedt KL, Savoie BM, Olvera de la Cruz M, Schatz GC, Chen LX, Ratner MA. Conformational Order in Aggregates of Conjugated Polymers. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:6254-62. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b00493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Nicholas E. Jackson
- Department
of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Elacqua E, Weck M. Fabrication of Supramolecular Semiconductor Block Copolymers by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization. Chemistry 2015; 21:7151-8. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Park H, Hoang DT, Paeng K, Kaufman LJ. Localizing exciton recombination sites in conformationally distinct single conjugated polymers by super-resolution fluorescence imaging. ACS NANO 2015; 9:3151-3158. [PMID: 25743935 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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To thoroughly elucidate how molecular conformation and photophysical properties of conjugated polymers (CPs) are related requires simultaneous probing of both. Previous efforts used fluorescence imaging with one nanometer accuracy (FIONA) to image CPs, which allowed simultaneous estimation of molecular conformation and probing of fluorescence intensity decay. We show that calculating the molecular radius of gyration for putative folded and unfolded poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)1,4-phenylenevinylene) (MEH-PPV) molecules using FIONA underestimates molecular extension by averaging over emitters during localization. In contrast, employing algorithms based on single molecule high resolution imaging with photobleaching (SHRImP), including an approach we term all-frames SHRImP, allows localization of individual emitters. SHRImP processing corroborates that compact MEH-PPV molecules have distinct photophysical properties from extended ones. Estimated radii of gyration for isolated 168 kDa MEH-PPV molecules immobilized in polystyrene and exhibiting either stepwise or continuous intensity decays are found to be 12.6 and 25.3 nm, respectively, while the distance between exciton recombination sites is estimated to be ∼10 nm independent of molecular conformation.
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- Heungman Park
- †Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- ‡Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- †Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Jackson NE, Savoie BM, Marks TJ, Chen LX, Ratner MA. The Next Breakthrough for Organic Photovoltaics? J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:77-84. [PMID: 26263095 DOI: 10.1021/jz502223t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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While the intense focus on energy level tuning in organic photovoltaic materials has afforded large gains in device performance, we argue here that strategies based on microstructural/morphological control are at least as promising in any rational design strategy. In this work, a meta-analysis of ∼150 bulk heterojunction devices fabricated with different materials combinations is performed and reveals strong correlations between power conversion efficiency and morphology-dominated properties (short-circuit current, fill factor) and surprisingly weak correlations between efficiency and energy level positioning (open-circuit voltage, enthalpic offset at the interface, optical gap). While energy level positioning should in principle provide the theoretical maximum efficiency, the optimization landscape that must be navigated to reach this maximum is unforgiving. Thus, research aimed at developing understanding-based strategies for more efficient optimization of an active layer microstructure and morphology are likely to be at least as fruitful.
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- Nicholas E Jackson
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Gasperini A, Bivaud S, Sivula K. Controlling conjugated polymer morphology and charge carrier transport with a flexible-linker approach. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4sc02073a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Zhu X, Plunkett KN. Controlled Regioregularity in Oligo(2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylenes. J Org Chem 2014; 79:7093-102. [DOI: 10.1021/jo501266g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xinju Zhu
- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry and the Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry and the Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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Botiz I, Freyberg P, Leordean C, Gabudean AM, Astilean S, Yang ACM, Stingelin N. Enhancing the photoluminescence emission of conjugated MEH-PPV by light processing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:4974-4979. [PMID: 24611888 DOI: 10.1021/am4060244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We show here that treatment of thin films of conjugated polymers by illumination with light leads to an increase of the intensity of their photoluminescence by up to 42%. The corresponding enhancement of absorbance was much less pronounced. We explain this significant enhancement of photoluminescence by a planarization of the conjugated polymer chains induced by photoexcitations even below the glass transition temperature, possibly due to an increased conjugation length. Interestingly, the photoluminescence remains at the enhanced level for more than 71 h after treatment of the films by illumination with light, likely due to the fact that below the glass transition temperature no restoring force could return the conjugated chains into their initial conformational state.
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- Ioan Botiz
- Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies , Albertstraße 19, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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Influence of Molecular Conformations and Microstructure on the Optoelectronic Properties of Conjugated Polymers. MATERIALS 2014; 7:2273-2300. [PMID: 28788568 PMCID: PMC5453253 DOI: 10.3390/ma7032273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Revised: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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It is increasingly obvious that the molecular conformations and the long-range arrangement that conjugated polymers can adopt under various experimental conditions in bulk, solutions or thin films, significantly impact their resulting optoelectronic properties. As a consequence, the functionalities and efficiencies of resulting organic devices, such as field-effect transistors, light-emitting diodes, or photovoltaic cells, also dramatically change due to the close structure/property relationship. A range of structure/optoelectronic properties relationships have been investigated over the last few years using various experimental and theoretical methods, and, further, interesting correlations are continuously revealed by the scientific community. In this review, we discuss the latest findings related to the structure/optoelectronic properties interrelationships that exist in organic devices fabricated with conjugated polymers in terms of charge mobility, absorption, photoluminescence, as well as photovoltaic properties.
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Wang D, Yuan Y, Mardiyati Y, Bubeck C, Koynov K. From Single Chains to Aggregates, How Conjugated Polymers Behave in Dilute Solutions. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma4011523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Dapeng Wang
- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz,
Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz,
Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz,
Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz,
Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz,
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Qin T, Troisi A. Relation between Structure and Electronic Properties of Amorphous MEH-PPV Polymers. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:11247-56. [DOI: 10.1021/ja404385y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Ting Qin
- Department of Chemistry and Centre of Scientific Computing, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre of Scientific Computing, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom
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Khoshkhoo MS, Taromi FA, Kowsari E, Shalamzari EK. Contribution of chromophores with different numbers of repeat units to overall emission of MEH–PPV: An experimental and simulation study. POLYMER 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Vivas MG, Koeckelberghs G, Mendonca CR. Effect of solvent-induced coil to helix conformational change on the two-photon absorption spectrum of poly(3,6-phenanthrene). J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:14708-14. [PMID: 23176606 DOI: 10.1021/jp308161x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This paper investigates the effect of solvent-induced conformational changes of poly(3,6-phenanthrene) on their two-photon absorption (2PA). Such effect was studied employing the wavelength-tunable femtosecond Z-scan technique and modeled using the sum-over-essential states approach. We observed a strong reduction of the 2PA cross-section when the sample was prepared in hexane (poor solvent) in comparison to chloroform (good solvent), which is related to the conformation adopted by the polymer in each case. In chloroform it adopts a random coil conformation, as opposed to the one-handed helix conformation in hexane. Our results pointed out that the coil to helix conformation change decreases the degree of molecular planarity of the polymer π-conjugated backbone, which is primarily responsible for their optical nonlinearity, contributing to diminishing the effective transition dipole moments and, consequently, the 2PA cross-section. Moreover, by studying the nonlinear response with different light polarization, we showed that, although the solvent-induced conformational change does not alter the molecular symmetry of the polymer, it modifies considerably the direction of the transition dipole moments between the excited states.
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- M G Vivas
- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP.
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Bolinger JC, Traub MC, Brazard J, Adachi T, Barbara PF, Vanden Bout DA. Conformation and energy transfer in single conjugated polymers. Acc Chem Res 2012; 45:1992-2001. [PMID: 22775295 DOI: 10.1021/ar300012k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In contrast to the detailed understanding of inorganic materials, researchers lack a comprehensive view of how the properties of bulk organic materials arise from their individual components. For conjugated polymers to eventually serve as low cost semiconductor layers in electronic devices, researchers need to better understand their functionality. For organics, traditional materials science measurements tend to destroy the species of interest, especially at low concentrations. However, fluorescence continues to be a remarkably flexible, relatively noninvasive tool for probing the properties of individual molecules and allows researchers to carry out a broad range of experiments based on a relatively simple concept. In addition, the sensitivity of single-molecule spectroscopy allows researchers to see the properties of an individual component that would be masked in the bulk phase. In this Account, we examine several photophysical properties of different conjugated polymers using single-molecule spectroscopy. In these experiments, we probed the relationship between the conformation of single conjugated polymer chains and the distance scale and efficiency of energy transfer within the polymer. Recent studies used polarization anisotropy measurements on single polymer chains to study chain folding following spin-casting from solution. This Account summarizes the effects of monomer regioregularity and backbone rigidity, by comparing a regiorandom phenylene vinylene (MEH-PPV) with both a regiorandom and regioregular thiophene (P3HT). Synthesis of novel polymers allowed us to explore the role of different conformation-directing inclusions in a PPV backbone. We showed that these inclusions control the conformation of individual chains and that molecular dynamics can predict these structural effects. In situ solvent vapor annealing studies explored the dynamics of polymer chains as well as the effect of solvent evaporation on the structural equilibrium of the polymer. We observed that a slower rate of solvent evaporation results in a narrow population of highly ordered polymer chains. These highly ordered single chains serve as a model system to probe the effect of conformation on energy transfer following excitation in single MEH-PPV polymer chains in two distinct experiments. In the first, we correlated the anisotropy of the fluorescence emission of individual chains with the anisotropy of their fluorescence excitation. Using this data, we derived a model for energy transfer in a conjugated polymer, simulating chromophores along a chain, coupled via Förster energy transfer. In the second experiment, super-resolution measurements demonstrated the ability of single-molecule spectroscopy to directly visualize energy transfer along a polymer chain embedded in a model device environment. A capacitive device allowed for controlled localization of hole polarons onto the polymer chain. These positive charges subsequently quenched local excitations, providing insight into the range of energy transfer in these single polymer molecules. As researchers continue to characterize conjugated polymer films and develop methods for creating multichain systems, single-molecule techniques will provide a greater understanding of how polymer morphology influences interchain interactions and will lead to a richer description of the electronic properties of bulk conjugated polymer films.
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DuBay KH, Hall ML, Hughes TF, Wu C, Reichman DR, Friesner RA. Accurate Force Field Development for Modeling Conjugated Polymers. J Chem Theory Comput 2012; 8:4556-69. [DOI: 10.1021/ct300175w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kateri H. DuBay
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia
University in the City of New York, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia
University in the City of New York, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia
University in the City of New York, New York, New York, United States
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- Schrödinger, New York,
New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia
University in the City of New York, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia
University in the City of New York, New York, New York, United States
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Das SK, Frey J. Regioselective double Boekelheide reaction: first synthesis of 3,6-dialkylpyrazine-2,5-dicarboxaldehydes from dl-alanine. Tetrahedron Lett 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.05.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhu X, Traub MC, Vanden Bout DA, Plunkett KN. Well-Defined Alternating Copolymers of Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s and Flexible Chains. Macromolecules 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ma300430e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xinju Zhu
- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry and the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry and the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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Heckel JC, Weisman AL, Schneebeli ST, Hall ML, Sherry LJ, Stranahan SM, DuBay KH, Friesner RA, Willets KA. Polarized Raman Spectroscopy of Oligothiophene Crystals To Determine Unit Cell Orientation. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:6804-16. [DOI: 10.1021/jp304192v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- John C. Heckel
- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and Center for Nano and Molecular Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and Center for Nano and Molecular Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and Center for Nano and Molecular Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712,
United States
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- Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and Center for Nano and Molecular Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712,
United States
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Traub MC, Vogelsang J, Plunkett KN, Nuckolls C, Barbara PF, Vanden Bout DA. Unmasking bulk exciton traps and interchain electronic interactions with single conjugated polymer aggregates. ACS NANO 2012; 6:523-529. [PMID: 22208575 DOI: 10.1021/nn203860u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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For conjugated polymer materials, there is currently a major gap in understanding between the fundamental properties observed in single molecule measurements and the bulk electronic properties extracted from measurements of highly heterogeneous thin films. New materials and methodologies are needed to follow the evolution from single chain to bulk film properties as multiple chains begin to interact. In this work, we used a controlled solvent vapor annealing process to assemble single chains of phenylene-vinylene conjugated polymers into aggregates that can be individually spectroscopically interrogated. This approach allowed us to probe the effects of interchain coupling in isolated conjugated polymer nanodomains of controlled size. By assembling these aggregates from building blocks of both pristine MEH-PPV and MEH-PPV derivatives containing structure-directing ortho- or para-terphenyl inclusions, we were able to control the ordering of these nanodomains as measured by single aggregate polarization anisotropy measurments. Depending on the individual chain constituents, these aggregates varied from highly anisotropic to nearly isotropic, respectively facilitating or inhibiting interchain coupling. From the single chain fluorescence lifetimes, we demonstrated that these structure directing inclusions effectively break the phenylene-vinylene conjugation, allowing us to differentiate interchain electronic effects from those due to hyper-extended conjugation. We observed well-defined bathochromic shifts in the fluorescence spectra of the aggregates containing extensive interchain interactions, indicating that low-energy exciton traps in MEH-PPV are the result of coupling interactions between neighboring chain segments. These results demonstrate the power of the synthetic inclusion approach to control properties at not just the single chain level, but as a comprehensive approach toward ground-up design of bulk electronic properties.
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- Matthew C Traub
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Chiu M, Kee TW, Huang DM. Coarse-Grained Simulations of the Effects of Chain Length, Solvent Quality, and Chemical Defects on the Solution-Phase Morphology of MEH-PPV Conjugated Polymers. Aust J Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1071/ch12029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A mesoscale coarse-grained model of the conjugated polymer poly(2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene) (MEH-PPV) in implicit solvent is developed. The model is parametrized to reproduce the local structure and dynamics of an atomistic simulation model and accounts for the effects of solvent quality and saturation chemical defects on the polymer structure. Polymers with defect concentrations of 0 to 10 % are simulated using Langevin dynamics in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and in a model poor solvent for chain lengths and solution concentrations used experimentally. The polymer chains are extended in THF and collapse into compact structures in the poor solvent. The radius of gyration decreases with defect content in THF and agrees quantitatively with experiment. The structures formed in poor solvent by chains with 300 monomer units change from toroidal to cylindrical with increasing defect content, while chains containing 1000 monomers form cylinders regardless of defect content. These results have implications for energy transfer in MEH-PPV.
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Lupton JM. Chromophores in Conjugated Polymers-All Straight? Chemphyschem 2011; 13:901-7. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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