Evidence for excimer photoexcitations in an ordered π-conjugated polymer film

K. Aryanpour; C. X. Sheng; E. Olejnik; B. Pandit; D. Psiachos; S. Mazumdar; Z. V. Vardeny

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.155124

Evidence for excimer photoexcitations in an ordered π-conjugated polymer film

K. Aryanpour, C. X. Sheng, E. Olejnik, B. Pandit, D. Psiachos, S. Mazumdar, Z. V. Vardeny

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We report pressure-dependent transient picosecond and continuous-wave photomodulation studies of disordered and ordered films of 2-methoxy-5-(2- ethylhexyloxy) poly(para-phenylenevinylene). Photoinduced absorption (PA) bands in the disordered film exhibit very weak pressure dependence and are assigned to intrachain excitons and polarons. In contrast, the ordered film exhibits two additional transient PA bands in the midinfrared that blueshift dramatically with pressure. Based on high-order configuration interaction calculations, we ascribe the PA bands in the ordered film to excimers. Our work brings insight to the exciton binding energy in ordered films versus disordered films and solutions. The reduced exciton binding energy in ordered films is due to energy states appearing below the continuum band threshold of the single strand.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	155124
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	83
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.155124
State	Published - Apr 28 2011

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