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Long-range exciton transport in conjugated polymer nanofibers prepared by seeded growth.

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Jin, Xu-Hui 
Price, Michael B 
Finnegan, John R 
Boott, Charlotte E 
Richter, Johannes M 

Abstract

Easily processed materials with the ability to transport excitons over length scales of more than 100 nanometers are highly desirable for a range of light-harvesting and optoelectronic devices. We describe the preparation of organic semiconducting nanofibers comprising a crystalline poly(di-n-hexylfluorene) core and a solvated, segmented corona consisting of polyethylene glycol in the center and polythiophene at the ends. These nanofibers exhibit exciton transfer from the core to the lower-energy polythiophene coronas in the end blocks, which occurs in the direction of the interchain π-π stacking with very long diffusion lengths (>200 nanometers) and a large diffusion coefficient (0.5 square centimeters per second). This is made possible by the uniform exciton energetic landscape created by the well-ordered, crystalline nanofiber core.

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0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry

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Science

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0036-8075
1095-9203

Volume Title

360

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American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K016520/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M005143/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M006360/1)