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The presence of excited-states and charge-separated species was identified through UV and visible laser pump and visible/near-infrared probe femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy in spin coated films of poly[N-9″-heptadecanyl-2,7-carbazole-alt-5,5-(4,7-di-2-thienyl-2′,1′,3′-benzothiadiazole)] (PCDTBT) nanoparticles and mesoparticles. Optical gain in the mesoparticle films is observed after excitation at both 400 and 610 nm. In the mesoparticle film, charge generation after UV excitation appears after around 50 ps, but little is observed after visible pump excitation. In the nanoparticle film, as for a uniform film of the pure polymer, charge formation was efficiently induced by UV excitation pump, while excitation of the low energetic absorption states (at 610 nm) induces in the nanoparticle film a large optical gain region reducing the charge formation efficiency. It is proposed that the different intermolecular interactions and molecular order within the nanoparticles and mesoparticles are responsible for their markedly different photophysical behavior. These results therefore demonstrate the possibility of a hitherto unexplored route to stimulated emission in a conjugated polymer that has relatively undemanding film preparation requirements.
Author(s): Geoghegan M, Mróz MM, Botta C, Parrenin L, Brochon C, Cloutet E, Pavlopoulou E, Hadziioannou G, Virgili T
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Molecules
Year: 2021
Volume: 26
Issue: 4
Online publication date: 20/02/2021
Acceptance date: 17/02/2021
Date deposited: 05/08/2021
ISSN (print): 1431-5165
ISSN (electronic): 1420-3049
Publisher: MDPI AG
URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26041138
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26041138
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