Self-Assembly of Poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl} with Oppositely Charged Phenylenevinylene OligoelectrolytesClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Telma Costa
- Ana T. Marques
- J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo
- Alexander W. Thomas
- Logan E. Garner
- Ullrich Scherf
- Guillermo C. Bazan
- Hugh D. Burrows
Abstract

The interaction of the water-soluble conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) poly{1,4-phenylene-[9,9-bis(4-phenoxy-butylsulfonate)]fluorene-2,7-diyl} (PBS-PFP) (degree of polymerization, DP, ∼3–6) with various concentrations of a homologous series of oppositely charged amphiphilic phenylenevinylene oligomers was investigated in water:dioxane mixtures and in aqueous micellar solutions of the non-ionic surfactant n-dodecylpentaoxyethylene glycol ether. The excellent spectral overlap between the CPE fluorescence and the conjugated oligoelectrolyte (COE) absorption indicates that energy transfer between these is a highly favored process, and can be tuned by changing the COE chain length. This is supported by time-resolved fluorescence data. The overall results provide support for different types of self-assembly, which are sensitive to the solvent environment and to the size of the phenylenevinylene oligoelectrolyte chain. It is suggested that large aggregates are formed in water:dioxane mixtures, while decorated core–shell structures are present in the surfactant solutions.
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