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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik

O 43: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics IV (CPP jointly with DS, HL, O)

O 43.11: Vortrag

Mittwoch, 2. April 2014, 12:15–12:30, ZEU 260

Conformations and electronic structure of Oligo-PPEs Investigated by Pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy — Patrick Korf, Friederike Schütze, Christian Hintze, Stefan Mecking, and •Malte Drescher — Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Germany

Poly(para-phenyleneethynylene)s (PPE) are versatile polymers that are synthetically easily accessible.

Owing to their application in organic electronics and cell microscopy their microscopic and electronic properties are of high interest.

Herein we report the investigation of the electronic structure including the photo-excited triplet state of rod-like Oligo-PPEs. The lifetime, relaxation rates and populations of the triplet sublevels are quantitatively analyzed at cryogenic temperatures in a glassy toluene matrix via time-resolved EPR with synchronized UV laser flash excitation. The photo-physical properties are studied depending on the size of the delocalized π-electron system by varying the number of repeat units in the Oligo-PPEs.

In addition, their microscopic material properties are studied in particles with confined size constituted by block coplymers of PEGylated Oligo-PPEs. The molecular conformation is investigated by EPR distance measurements in solution, in bulk material as well as in particles. The data suggest that the rod-like Oligo-PPEs are present in a collapsed state in the particles.