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Jan-Moritz Koenen1, Xuzhi Zhu1, Zhenxing Pan1
1Department of Chemistry and Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117200, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, United States.
Abstract:
A new class of nonaggregating conjugated polyelectrolytes exhibits efficient fluorescence in aqueous solution. Analysis by optical spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy reveals a unique structure-property correlation between oxygen substitution and aggregation.
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