TY - JOUR
T1 - Creation of circularly polarized luminescence from an achiral polyfluorene derivative through complexation with helix-forming polysaccharides
T2 - Importance of the meta-linkage chain for helix formation
AU - Shiraki, Tomohiro
AU - Tsuchiya, Youichi
AU - Noguchi, Takao
AU - Tamaru, Shun Ichi
AU - Suzuki, Nozomu
AU - Taguchi, Makoto
AU - Fujiki, Michiya
AU - Shinkai, Seiji
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - A circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) material has been created by polymer-polymer complexation between a helix-forming polysaccharide, schizophyllan (SPG), and a meta-phenylene-linked polyfluorene derivative (mPFS). Computational modeling revealed that mPFS can adopt a helical structure although a conventional polyfluorene derivative with a para-phenylene linkage tends to enjoy a rigid rodlike conformation. Our detailed experimental examination showed that mPFS forms a chiral nanowire complex through cohelix formation with SPG. We have found, as expected, that this cohelical complex emits highly efficient CPL even in an aqueous solution. The appearance of the high CPL property is due to 1) a high quantum yield of the fluorene unit and 2) immobilization of the helically twisted conformation of mPFS in an isolated manner through cohelix formation with SPG. One can propose, therefore, that the SPG/mPFS complex acts as a new high-performance CPL material with a solvent-dispersible nanowire structure.
AB - A circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) material has been created by polymer-polymer complexation between a helix-forming polysaccharide, schizophyllan (SPG), and a meta-phenylene-linked polyfluorene derivative (mPFS). Computational modeling revealed that mPFS can adopt a helical structure although a conventional polyfluorene derivative with a para-phenylene linkage tends to enjoy a rigid rodlike conformation. Our detailed experimental examination showed that mPFS forms a chiral nanowire complex through cohelix formation with SPG. We have found, as expected, that this cohelical complex emits highly efficient CPL even in an aqueous solution. The appearance of the high CPL property is due to 1) a high quantum yield of the fluorene unit and 2) immobilization of the helically twisted conformation of mPFS in an isolated manner through cohelix formation with SPG. One can propose, therefore, that the SPG/mPFS complex acts as a new high-performance CPL material with a solvent-dispersible nanowire structure.
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U2 - 10.1002/asia.201301216
DO - 10.1002/asia.201301216
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890799964
VL - 9
SP - 218
EP - 222
JO - Chemistry - An Asian Journal
JF - Chemistry - An Asian Journal
SN - 1861-4728
IS - 1
ER -