Computational study of the structure, dynamics, and photophysical properties of conjugated polymers and oligomers under nanoscale confinement |
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Authors: | Sumpter Bobby G Kumar Pradeep Mehta Adosh Barnes Michael D Shelton William A Harrison Robert J |
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Institution: | Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA. sumpterbg@orn1.gov |
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Abstract: | Computational simulations were used to investigate the dynamics and resulting structures of several para-phenylenevinylene (PPV) based polymers and oligomers (PPV, 2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethyl-hexyloxy)-p-phenylenevinylene --> MEH-PPV and 2,5,2',5'-tetrahexyloxy-7,8'-dicyano-p-phenylenevinylene --> CN-PPV). The results show how the morphology and structure are controlled to a large extent by the nature of the solute-solvent interactions in the initial solution-phase preparation. Secondary structural organization is induced by using the solution-phase structures to generate solvent-free single molecule nanoparticles. Isolation of these single molecule nanostructures from microdroplets of dilute solution results in the formation of electrostatically oriented nanostructures at a glass surface. Our structural modeling suggests that these oriented nanostructures consist of folded PPV conjugated segments with folds occurring at tetrahedral defects (sp3 C-C bonds) within the polymer chain. This picture is supported by detailed experimental fluorescence and scanning probe microscopy studies. We also present results from a fully quantum theoretical treatment of these systems which support the general conclusion of structure-mediated photophysical properties. |
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