Abstract
The conjugated polymer poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-pheiiylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) was studied by a single-molecule imaging technique. A comparison of statistical distributions of fluorescence intensity with molecular weight distributions revealed that the distribution of the photoluminescence quantum yield of the single polymer chains under study is significantly asymmetric, with a polydispersity greater than or similar to 2. The result implies that there are molecules whose quantum yield is a few times higher than the ensemble quantum yield. This conclusion Suggests a possibility of a great improvement of the photoluminescence quantum yield of MEH-PPV, which is known to be several times less than 1. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V.. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 217-222 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 318 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Bibliographical note
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.The record was previously connected to the following departments: Chemical Physics (S) (011001060)
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
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