Theoretical Investigation on Electronic Transition of Tris(8-quinolinolate) Aluminum Grafted on Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) Units with the Localized-density-matrix Method

An unsystematic molecule PPV‐Alq₃ [3‐(4‐((E)‐2‐(8‐hydroxy‐3‐(4‐styrylstyryl)quinolin‐Alq₂‐6‐yl)vinyl)‐ styryl)‐6‐(4‐styrylstyryl)quinolin‐8‐olate‐Alq₂; q=8‐quinolinolate], which combines poly(p‐phenylenevinylene) with tris(8‐quinolinolate)aluminum, has been studied using a localized‐density‐matrix method. The absorption spectra and electronic transition properties were analyzed and compared with both intermediate neglect of the differential overlap method and the localized‐density‐matrix method. Great efforts have been made on investigating conjugated system on the absorption properties as these can be particularly important for many applications. Two different absorptions of the special molecule, tris(8‐quinolinolate)aluminum grafted on poly(p‐phenylenevinylene) units, were further discussed with density matrices. For the molecule, the first absorption peak is at 413 nm near the purple light. Two 8‐hydroxyquinolines have very slight electronic transition properties. Another absorption peak is at 237 nm. The second characteristic peak of molecule is completely different from that of the first one, which comes from contribution of 8‐hyroxyquinolines in the two different side chains. Our studies show that electronic transition properties of poly(p‐phenylenevinylene) can be effectively tuned by grafting tris(8‐quinolinolate)‐aluminum on poly(p‐phenylenevinylene) from the standpoint of transition energies, frontier molecular orbitals and density matrices.