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Self-assembled, aligned, and cleaved supramolecules of poly(2,5-pyridinediyl)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Matti Knaapila ,
Mika Torkkeli ,
Lars-Olof Pålsson ,
Lockhart E. Horsburgh ,
Kaija Jokela ,
Igor P. Dolbnya ,
Wim Bras ,
Ritva Serimaa ,
Gerrit ten Brinke  and
Andrew P. Monkman
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Matti Knaapila
Affiliation:
ptics and Molecular Materials, Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 2200, FIN-02015 HUT, Espoo, Finland.
Mika Torkkeli
Affiliation:
Division of X-Ray Physics, Department of Physical Sciences, P.O. Box 64, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Lars-Olof Pålsson
Affiliation:
Organic Electroactive Materials Research Group, Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Lockhart E. Horsburgh
Affiliation:
Organic Electroactive Materials Research Group, Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Kaija Jokela
Affiliation:
Division of X-Ray Physics, Department of Physical Sciences, P.O. Box 64, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Igor P. Dolbnya
Affiliation:
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) DUBBLE CRG / ESRF, c/o BP 220 Grenoble F38043, France.
Wim Bras
Affiliation:
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) DUBBLE CRG / ESRF, c/o BP 220 Grenoble F38043, France.
Ritva Serimaa
Affiliation:
Division of X-Ray Physics, Department of Physical Sciences, P.O. Box 64, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Gerrit ten Brinke
Affiliation:
ptics and Molecular Materials, Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 2200, FIN-02015 HUT, Espoo, Finland. Materials Science Center and Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Andrew P. Monkman
Affiliation:
Organic Electroactive Materials Research Group, Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Olli Ikkala
Affiliation:
ptics and Molecular Materials, Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 2200, FIN-02015 HUT, Espoo, Finland.
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Abstract

We report on directed self-assembly in supramolecules containing rod-like polymers. The comb-shaped supramolecules consist of poly(2,5-pyridinediyl), camphorsulfonic acid, and hydrogen bonded amphiphilic side chains. Locally they form highly ordered lamellar structures in which the polymers are stacked. The liquid crystalline state allows facile overall alignment yielding absorption dichroism and polarized photoluminescence. After alignment, cleavage of the amphiphiles results in solid films which retain this optical anisotropy with the high photoluminescence quantum yield.

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