Singlet Excitation Energy Harvesting and Triplet Emission in the Self-Assembled System Poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl} copolymer/tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) in Aqueous Solution

Burrows HD; Fonseca SM; Dias FB; de Melo JS; Monkman AP; Scherf U; Pradhan S

Advanced Materials, Vol.21, No.10-11, 1155-1159, 2009

DOI10.1002/adma.200801713 Export Citation

Singlet Excitation Energy Harvesting and Triplet Emission in the Self-Assembled System Poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl} copolymer/tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) in Aqueous Solution

Burrows HD, Fonseca SM, Dias FB, de Melo JS, Monkman AP, Scherf U, Pradhan S

Tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) self-assembles with the oppositely charged conjugated-polyelectrolyte poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2, 7-diyl} in aqueous solution in the presence of the nonionic surfactant C12E5. Rapid energy transfer is observed from the singlet state of the polyelectrolyte to the metal complex, leading to emission from the triplet state of the ruthenium complex.