Conformation-Dependent Photostability among and within Single Conjugated Polymers

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• 作者：Heungman Park ; Dat Tien Hoang ; Keewook Paeng ; Jaesung Yang ; Laura J. Kaufman
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 11, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：11
• 页码：7604-7609
• 全文大小：398K
• ISSN：1530-6992

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The relationship between photostability and conformation of 2-methoxy-5-(2鈥?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.