Circular dichroism, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, and spectroscopic ellipsometry studies of chiral polyfluorene-phenylene films

Geon Joon Lee, Eun Ha Choi, Won Kyu Ham, Chang Kwon Hwangbo, Min Ju Cho, Dong Hoon Choi

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    Abstract

    To understand the chiroptical responses of polyfluorene- phenylene (PFP) films, circular dichroism (CD), surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), attenuated total reflection (ATR), and spectroscopic ellipsometry studies were performed. The pristine PFP films exhibited significant CD at room temperature, and the chirality increased by thermal annealing at 120 °C (above the glass transition temperature). SERS and ATR spectra indicated that the chirality enhancement was due to the rearrangement of the polymer backbones on the glass substrate by thermal annealing and/or self-organization. In addition, comparison of PFP and polyfluorene polymers indicated that molecular structure of polymer backbone plays an important role in the chiroptical responses of the chiral polymers.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)767-781
    Number of pages15
    JournalOptical Materials Express
    Volume6
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 Mar 1

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    © 2016 Optical Society of America.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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