Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.35, No.1, 52-55, 2014
Rod-Like Nano-Light Harvester
Imitating the natural energy cascade architecture, we present a single-molecular rod-like nano-light harvester (NLH) based on a cylindrical polymer brush. Block copolymer side chains carrying (9,9-diethylfluoren-2-yl)methyl methacrylate units as light absorbing antennae (energy donors) are tethered to a linear polymer backbone containing 9-anthracenemethyl methacrylate units as emitting groups (energy acceptors). These NLHs exhibit very efficient energy absorption and transfer. Moreover, we manipulate the energy transfer by tuning the donor-acceptor distance.
Keywords:atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP);cylindrical polymer brushes;Forster resonance energy transfer;graft copolymer;light harvesting