The influence of PPV chain aggregated structure on optical properties

Abstract

A comparison has been made on the fluorescence of the poly ( p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) that without filtering the low molecular weight molecules (sample A) with the PPV of the low molecular weight molecules filtered (sample B). Although there is no obvious difference found in the FT-IR and Raman spectra between two samples, in the photoluminescence spectrum of the sample A, the peak at 510 nm is not appeared and the fluorescence intensity for the peak at 550 nm is increased. Under the high pressure condition the fluorescence peak at 520 nm, which corresponds to the peak at 510 nm of the usual PPV, is observed. Applying high pressure to the sample A or by filtering the low molecular weight molecules, the chain aggregated structure is modified, resulting in a change in the PPV chain distortion degree.