화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.118, No.1, 372-378, 2014
Light-Harvesting Polymers: Ultrafast Energy Transfer in Polystyrene-Based Arrays of pi-Conjugated Chromophores
Energy transfer along a nonconjugated polymer chain is studied with a polystyrene-based copolymer of oligo(phenylene-ethynylene) (OPE) donor and thiophene-benzothiadiazole (TBT) acceptor pendants. The graft copolymers are prepared from reversible addition fragmentation transfer polymerization (RAFT) and copper(I)-catalyzed azide alkyne "click" reaction. The singlet energy transfer from donor to accept is studied via fluorescence emission and ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. Near unity quenching of the OPE excited state by the TBT moiety occurs on multiple time scales (2-50 ps) dependent on where the initial exciton is formed on the polymer.