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G E Khalil1, A M Adawi, A M Fox
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy is used to study the optical properties of two polymers: a fluorene-based statistical copolymer that contains a low fraction (10%) of a red-emitting thiophene group, and the green-emitting polymer poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole). These polymers were studied when isolated at a low concentration in a polymer matrix (either polynorbornene or polystyrene). For the red-emitting polymer, we compare the relative emission intensity from the green-emitting benzothiadiazole groups with the red-emitting thiophene. We find that red emission from the thiophenes is significantly suppressed in the single molecule regime, suggesting that interchain energy transfer dominates intrachain processes in such polyfluorene copolymers. We then use fluorescence spectroscopy and polarization anisotropy measurements to show that the conformations of both polymers are dependent on their host matrix, adopting a more collapsed, globular conformation in polystyrene and a more extended chain conformation in polynorbornene.
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