Abstract
Conjugated polymers are linear polymer molecules with interacting π-bonds formed by the overlap of carbon pz orbitals along the polymer backbone. Conjugated polymers have been extensively studied due to their excellent processability and favorable electronic and spectroscopic properties. The utilization of this type of material in various photonic applications (light emitting diodes, lasers, sensors, etc.) has been quite fruitful [1–6]. The investigation of Poly-p-phenylene-vinylene (PPV) type polymers such as MEH-PPV (Fig. 6.1) has been especially intense. The study of these materials has also led to many fundamental advances in the understanding of the electronic structure and dynamics of organic materials, including information on the opticaland charge- transport and localization in organic materials [7–9], and information on how polymer morphology [10–13], such as molecular conformation and aggregation, influences these processes.
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Yu, J., Hu, DH., Barbara, P.F. (2001). Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers Unmasked by Single Molecule Spectroscopy. In: Single Molecule Spectroscopy. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 67. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56544-1_6
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