Highly Emissive, Optically Active Poly(diphenylacetylene) Having a Bulky Chiral Side Group

Hyojin Kim, Kyo Un Seo, Young Jae Jin, Chang Lyoul Lee, Masahiro Teraguchi, Takashi Kaneko, Toshiki Aoki, Giseop Kwak

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Abstract

A highly emissive, optically active poly(diphenylacetylene) derivative, NpSi∗-PDPA, was synthesized by introducing a bulky chiral pendant group into the polymer chain. NpSi∗-PDPA exists in a glassy state having a highly disordered and amorphous structure. Hence, the fractional free volume is quite high, i.e., 0.29. NpSi∗-PDPA emits a green light in solution and a yellow light in film. This polymer is quite emissive, as the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield is 56.1% in solution and 6.2% in film, and the PL lifetime is relatively long, 1.71 ns in solution and 1.05 ns in film. NpSi∗-PDPA shows the strongest circular dichroism (CD) signal at 384 nm, with a magnitude of circular polarization (gCD) of 0.90 × 10-3 and an optical rotation of 110° (4.30 × 10-3 g mL-1, in CHCl3). The CD intensity is significantly increased by annealing at 80 °C, reaching an equilibrium at gCD of 7.10 × 10-3 after 72 h.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)622-625
Number of pages4
JournalACS Macro Letters
Volume5
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 May 2016

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