Aggregates of conjugated polymers: bottom-up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysics
Abstract Conjugated polymer (CP) aggregates have been the focus of considerable research, as these mesoscopic entities, compared with single CP chains, provide environments more analogous to those present in polymer-based optoelectronics in terms of the complexity of morphology and chain interaction...
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| author | Chanwoo Kim Hyeyoung Joung Hyung Jun Kim Keewook Paeng Laura J. Kaufman Jaesung Yang |
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| description | Abstract Conjugated polymer (CP) aggregates have been the focus of considerable research, as these mesoscopic entities, compared with single CP chains, provide environments more analogous to those present in polymer-based optoelectronics in terms of the complexity of morphology and chain interactions; thereby, such aggregates hold the potential to provide insights into structure–function relationships highly relevant to optoelectronic device efficiency and stability. This review article highlights single-aggregate spectroscopy studies of CP aggregates based on a combination of solvent vapor annealing and single-molecule fluorescence techniques and draws mesoscopic connections between morphology, electronic coupling, and photophysics in CPs. This molecular-level understanding will pave the way for the bottom-up control of optoelectronic properties from the molecular to the device-length scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cddc0cca5bcb41af87992f7e84ca747c2024-03-05T19:29:13ZengNature PortfolioNPG Asia Materials1884-40572023-05-0115111310.1038/s41427-023-00480-1Aggregates of conjugated polymers: bottom-up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysicsChanwoo Kim0Hyeyoung Joung1Hyung Jun Kim2Keewook Paeng3Laura J. Kaufman4Jaesung Yang5Department of Chemistry, Yonsei UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Yonsei UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Yonsei UniversityAbstract Conjugated polymer (CP) aggregates have been the focus of considerable research, as these mesoscopic entities, compared with single CP chains, provide environments more analogous to those present in polymer-based optoelectronics in terms of the complexity of morphology and chain interactions; thereby, such aggregates hold the potential to provide insights into structure–function relationships highly relevant to optoelectronic device efficiency and stability. This review article highlights single-aggregate spectroscopy studies of CP aggregates based on a combination of solvent vapor annealing and single-molecule fluorescence techniques and draws mesoscopic connections between morphology, electronic coupling, and photophysics in CPs. This molecular-level understanding will pave the way for the bottom-up control of optoelectronic properties from the molecular to the device-length scale.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41427-023-00480-1 |
| spellingShingle | Chanwoo Kim Hyeyoung Joung Hyung Jun Kim Keewook Paeng Laura J. Kaufman Jaesung Yang Aggregates of conjugated polymers: bottom-up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysics NPG Asia Materials |
| title | Aggregates of conjugated polymers: bottom-up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysics |
| title_full | Aggregates of conjugated polymers: bottom-up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysics |
| title_fullStr | Aggregates of conjugated polymers: bottom-up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aggregates of conjugated polymers: bottom-up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysics |
| title_short | Aggregates of conjugated polymers: bottom-up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysics |
| title_sort | aggregates of conjugated polymers bottom up control of mesoscopic morphology and photophysics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41427-023-00480-1 |
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