Temperature effect on the electron-vibrational mode coupling of a fully conjugated polyfluorene derivative.

Photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL) spectra were used to probe the thermal relaxation processes of the poly(9,9'-n-dihexyl-2,7-fluorenediiylvinylene-alt-1,4-phenylenevinylene) (LaPPS16) electroluminescent polymer. A theoretical model of molecular excitons and Franck-Condon transitions were used to analyze the line shape of the radiative transitions. It was possible to correlate directly the electron-vibrational mode coupling, i.

Light emission of a polyfluorene derivative containing complexed europium ions.

The photophysical properties of a new alternating copolymer containing fluorene, terpyridine, and complexed sites with trivalent europium (Eu(3+)) ions (LaPPS66Eu) were investigated, using the non-complexed backbone (LaPPS66) and a low molecular weight compound of similar chemical structure of the ligand/Eu(3+) site (LaPPS66M) as a model compound. The analogous gadolinium complex (LaPPS66Gd) was also synthesized to determine the triplet state of the complex. (1)H and (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), elemental analyses, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) characterized the chemical structure and thermal properties of the synthesized materials.