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Effect of Alkoxy Substitution on Photophysical Properties of Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)

Geon Joon Lee, Dongho Kim, Jeong Ik Lee1, Hong Ku Shim1, Yong Wan Kim2 and Jae Cheol Jo3

Spectroscopy Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Taejon 305-606, Korea 1Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon 305-701, Korea 2Optics Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Taejon 305-606, Korea 3Applied Physics Laboratory, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea

(Received June 26, 1995; accepted for publication October 9, 1995)

The effect of alkoxy substitution on the photophysical properties of poly(p-phenylenevinylene) [PPV] was investigated using steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence, visible and infrared absorption spectroscopies. By substituting the alkoxy group (methoxy or butoxy) into the phenylene ring of PPV, the prolongation of effective conjugation length accompanied by the disappearance of the well-resolved vibronic structure was detected in the absorption spectra. These experimental results were attributable to the electron donating effect and the steric hindrance of the alkoxy substituent. These conjectures were compared with the effect of the alkoxy substitution on the photoluminescence and the Fourier-transform infrared spectra. Also, it was found that, alkoxy substitution slowed down the exciton relaxation process from the lower exciton state to the ground state, and lowered the height of the potential barrier in an excitonic potential well.

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DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.35.114


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