Aggregation generally quenches the light emissions of chromophoric molecules. In this
review, we demonstrate that 1, 1-disubstituted 2, 3, 4, 5-tetraphenyl siloles and 2, 5 …

Abstract π‐conjugated polymers find a range of applications in electronic devices. These
materials are generally highly disordered in terms of chain length and chain conformation …

We synthesized a group of silole regioisomers 1 x, y, whose photoluminescence varied
dramatically with its regiostructure. By internally hindering the intramolecular rotation, we …

The electron–phonon and vibronic couplings governing the spectral properties have been
studied in the Fenna–Matthews–Olson (FMO) bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a)–protein …

The fundamental optical properties and processes that occur in the polyfluorenes are
discussed. Details are given on the production of singlet and triplet excitons, their emissive …

The emission of semiconducting polyfluorenes is often accompanied by an undesired
feature in the green spectral region. Whereas a number of previous investigations have …

Single-molecule spectroscopy can provide insight into the fundamental photophysics of
large macromolecules containing tens of thousands of carbon atoms by circumventing …

Conjugated polymers offer potential for many diverse applications, but we still lack a
fundamental microscopic understanding of their electronic structure. Elementary …

The spectral breadth of conjugated polymers gives these materials a clear advantage over
other molecular compounds for organic photovoltaic applications and is a key factor in …

Single chains of the conjugated polymer polyfluorene are shown to exist in two distinct
conformational arrangements. Planarization of the chain to the single molecule β-phase …