Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy is employed to reveal 3-dimensional details of the mechanisms underpinning ion transport in a polyelectrolyte thin film possessing polymer-brush nanoscale order. The ability to resolve fluorescence emission over three discrete polarization angles reveals that these ordered materials impart 3-dimensional orientation to charged, diffusing molecules. The experiments, supported by simulations, report global orientation parameters for molecular transport, track dipole angle progressions over time, and identify a unique transport mechanism: translational diffusion with restricted rotation. Generally, realization of this experimental method for translational diffusion in systems exhibiting basic orientation should lend itself to evaluation of transport in a variety of important, ordered, functional materials.
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