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Localizing exciton recombination sites in conformationally distinct single conjugated polymers by super-resolution fluorescence imaging.
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ACS nano [ACS Nano] 2015 Mar 24; Vol. 9 (3), pp. 3151-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Mar 10. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- To thoroughly elucidate how molecular conformation and photophysical properties of conjugated polymers (CPs) are related requires simultaneous probing of both. Previous efforts used fluorescence imaging with one nanometer accuracy (FIONA) to image CPs, which allowed simultaneous estimation of molecular conformation and probing of fluorescence intensity decay. We show that calculating the molecular radius of gyration for putative folded and unfolded poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)1,4-phenylenevinylene) (MEH-PPV) molecules using FIONA underestimates molecular extension by averaging over emitters during localization. In contrast, employing algorithms based on single molecule high resolution imaging with photobleaching (SHRImP), including an approach we term all-frames SHRImP, allows localization of individual emitters. SHRImP processing corroborates that compact MEH-PPV molecules have distinct photophysical properties from extended ones. Estimated radii of gyration for isolated 168 kDa MEH-PPV molecules immobilized in polystyrene and exhibiting either stepwise or continuous intensity decays are found to be 12.6 and 25.3 nm, respectively, while the distance between exciton recombination sites is estimated to be ∼10 nm independent of molecular conformation.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1936-086X
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- ACS nano
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25743935
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b00086