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Study of the relationship between conformation and photophysics of individual -conjugated polymer chain is one of the most important problems in polymer nanoscience and nanotechnology, which will facilitate the application of conjugated polymer in a range of electronic devices such as organic field-effect transistors, light-emitting diodes, and solar cells. Single-molecule spectroscopy has emerged as a powerful tool to unravel structure and dynamic heterogeneities that are hidden in ensemble average. Identification of the emitting segments through fluorescence of single conjugated polymer molecules and their dependence on the conformation can help reveal the mechanism and the extent of energy transfer process in a single polymer chain. In this paper, the photophysical properties of individual poly[2, 7-(9, 9-dioctylfluorene)-alt-4, 7-bis(thiophen-2-yl) benzo-2, 1, 3-thiadiazole] (PFO-DBT) conjugated polymer molecules are measured based on the defocused wide-field microscopy of single molecules. The single PFO-DBT molecules are prepared on cleaned glass coverslips by spin-coating solution of poly[methyl methacrylate] (PMMA) containing 110-9 mol/L PFO-DBT molecules in chloroform and toluene, respectively. Defocused imaging of single conjugated polymer molecule is performed based on a wide-field fluorescence microscope system. The change of defocused patterns of individual polymer chain maps the angular distribution of emitted chromophore and thus the emitting dipole orientation. Fluorescence trajectory and corresponding emission dipole moments of single conjugated polymer molecules are analyzed to identify the emitting conjugated segments. It is found that single PFO-DBT conjugated polymer molecules prepared by chloroform solvent show extended conformation. The intrachain energy transfer is dominant in the single conjugated polymer molecules that take extended conformation, which leads to photophysical properties of multiple chromophores. In contrast, single PFO-DBT conjugated polymer molecules prepared by toluene solvent hold folded conformation, which exhibit emission from single chromophore due to efficient interchain energy transfer. The emitting chromophore is not constant in a single PFO-DBT conjugated polymer molecule with folded conformation. About 35% of the single conjugated molecules prepared with toluene show only one constant emitting chromophore before photobleaching. However, about 65% of single conjugated polymer molecules prepared with toluene show two or more sequencely emitting chromophores. It can be concluded that the energy transfer properties of single PFO-DBT conjugated polymer molecule is greatly dependent on the conformation, which can be reflected in its photophysical properties. The study on the influence of single conjugated polymer conformation on energy transfer efficiency can provide the reference for the preparation and performance of optoelectronic devices and molecular devices based on conjugated polymer.
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Keywords:
- conjugated polymer /
- energy transfer /
- conformation /
- defocused imaging
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[3] Nikolka M, Nasrallah I, Rose B, Ravva M K, Broch K, Sadhanala A, Harkin D, Charmet J, Hurhangee M, Brown A, Illig S, Too P, Jongman J, McCulloch I, Bredas J L, Sirringhaus H 2017 Nat. Mater. 16 356
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[17] Moerner W E, Kador L 1989 Phys. Rev. Lett. 62 2535
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