Quantitative mass determination of conjugated polymers for single molecule conformation analysis: enhancing rigidity with macrocycles.
A combination of advanced synthetic and single molecule spectroscopic techniques allowed us to demonstrate that macrocycles, covalently bound to a conjugated polymer backbone, raise the effective chain persistence length by at least a factor of 5.
Becker
Klaus
K
Photonics and Optoelectronics Group, Department of Physics and CeNS, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, 80799 Munich, Germany.
Gaefke
Gerald
G
Rolffs
Jasmin
J
Höger
Sigurd
S
Lupton
John M
JM