Donatas Zigmantas
Professor
High luminescence from a substituted polythiophene in a solvent with low solubility
Author
Summary, in English
Steady-state and rime-resolved photoluminescence (PL) is used to probe different states of order in highly regular poly(3-(2'-methoxy-5'-octylphenyl)thiophene) (POMeOPT). In a good solvent (chloroform) the polymer has a PL yield of 0.33 and in a solvent with low solubility (mixture of chloroform and toluene) a new phase appears with higher PL yield (0.50). The new phase is attributed to micro-crystals formed by the regular part of the polymer which have low solubility in toluene. The crystallites have highly structured and redshifted electronic transitions compared with chains which are dissolved. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
Department/s
- Chemical Physics
Publishing year
2001
Language
English
Pages
277-283
Publication/Series
Chemical Physics Letters
Volume
337
Issue
4-6
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Keywords
- emission
- absorption
- conjugated polymers
- photoluminescence
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0009-2614