title: Effect of ring fusion on the electronic absorption and emission properties of oligothiophenes.
abstract: A series of fused-ring oligothiophenes were synthesized by a combination of Stille and oxidative coupling reactions. Compounds with the same number of double bonds, but varying in extent of planarization, display a similar longest wavelength absorption maximum in solution. However, the introduction of sulfur linkages into these oligothiophenes leads to a blue shift of the maximum emission wavelength and a correspondingly smaller Stokes shift.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA.
authors.forename: Xinnan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Matzger