Energy Transfer in Aqueous Light Harvesting Antennae Based on Brush-like Inter-Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Complexes

Pitch, Gregory M.; Matsushima, Levi N.; Kraemer, Yannick; Dailing, Eric A.; Ayzner, Alexander L.

doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01291

Title: Energy Transfer in Aqueous Light Harvesting Antennae Based on Brush-like Inter-Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Complexes

Journal Article · Tue Nov 29 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Macromolecules

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01291· OSTI ID:1987301

Pitch, Gregory M. ^[1]; Matsushima, Levi N. ^[1]; Kraemer, Yannick ^[1]; Dailing, Eric A. ^[2];

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Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry

Conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) have the potential to serve as building blocks of artificial light-harvesting systems. This is primarily due to their delocalized electronic states and potential for hierarchical self-assembly. We showed previously that inter-CPE complexes composed of oppositely charged exciton-donor and exciton-acceptor CPEs displayed efficient electronic energy transfer. However, near ionic charge equivalence, complexed CPE chains become net-neutral and thus experience a precipitous drop in aqueous solubility. To increase the stability and to rationally manipulate the phase behavior of inter-CPE complexes, we synthesized a series of highly water-soluble exciton-donor CPEs composed of alternating ionic and polar nonionic fluorene monomers. The nonionic monomer contained oligo(ethyleneglycol) sidechains of variable length. We then formed exciton donor-acceptor complexes and investigated their relative energy transfer efficiencies in the presence of a fixed exciton-acceptor CPE. We find that, even when the polar nonionic sidechains become quite long (nine ethyleneglycol units), the energy transfer efficiency is hardly affected so long as the inter-CPE network retains a net polyelectrolyte charge. However, near the onset of spontaneous phase separation, we observe a clear influence of the length of the oligo(ethyleneglycol) sidechains on the photophysics of the complex. Our results have implications for the use of polyelectrolyte phase separation to produce aqueous light-harvesting soft materials.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1987301

Journal Information:: Macromolecules, Vol. 55, Issue 23; ISSN 0024-9297

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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