Enhanced DNA imaging using super-resolution microscopy and simultaneous single-molecule orientation measurements

AS Backer, MY Lee, WE Moerner - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Single-molecule orientation measurements provide unparalleled insight into a multitude of
biological and polymeric systems. We report a simple, high-throughput technique for …

In Situ Study of Strain-Dependent Ion Conductivity of Stretchable Polyethylene Oxide Electrolyte

T Kelly, BM Ghadi, S Berg, H Ardebili - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
There is a strong need in developing stretchable batteries that can accommodate
stretchable or irregularly shaped applications including medical implants, wearable devices …

Benzobisoxazole cruciforms: a tunable, cross-conjugated platform for the generation of deep blue OLED materials

R Chavez III, M Cai, B Tlach, DL Wheeler… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Four new cross-conjugated small molecules based on a central benzo [1, 2-d: 4, 5-d′]
bisoxazole moiety possessing semi-independently tunable HOMO and LUMO levels were …

Uncovering single-molecule photophysical heterogeneity of bright, thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters dispersed in glassy hosts

R Noriega, ES Barnard, B Ursprung… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recently developed all-organic emitters used in display applications achieve high
brightness by harvesting triplet populations via thermally activated delayed fluorescence …

Effects of dynamic disorder on exciton migration: Quantum diffusion, coherences, and energy transfer

R Dutta, B Bagchi - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We study excitation transfer and migration in a one-dimensional lattice characterized by
dynamic disorder. The diagonal and off-diagonal energy disorders arise from the coupling of …

Construction of Donor–Acceptor Polymers via Cyclopentannulation of Poly (arylene ethynylene) s

X Zhu, SR Bheemireddy, SV Sambasivarao… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A one-step postpolymerization modification that converts three high bandgap poly (arylene
ethynylene) s into low bandgap donor–acceptor copolymers is described. The strategy relies …

Molecular water lilies: Orienting single molecules in a polymer film by solvent vapor annealing

D Würsch, FJ Hofmann, T Eder… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The microscopic orientation and position of photoactive molecules is crucial to the operation
of optoelectronic devices such as OLEDs and solar cells. Here, we introduce a shape …

Anisotropic conjugated polymer chain conformation tailors the energy migration in nanofibers

A Camposeo, RD Pensack, M Moffa… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers are complex multichromophore systems, with emission properties
strongly dependent on the electronic energy transfer through active subunits. Although the …

Threshold-like complexation of conjugated polymers with small molecule acceptors in solution within the neighbor-effect model

AY Sosorev, OD Parashchuk, SA Zapunidi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In some donor–acceptor blends based on conjugated polymers, a pronounced charge-
transfer complex (CTC) forms in the electronic ground state. In contrast to small-molecule …

Understanding the structural evolution of single conjugated polymer chain conformers

AJ Wise, JK Grey - Polymers, 2016 - mdpi.com
Single molecule photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy of conjugated polymers has shed
new light on the complex structure–function relationships of these materials. Although …