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Polyrotaxanes (Conjugated)

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Cyclodextrins; Electroluminescence; Interchain interactions; Polarized emission; Thermal stability

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Conjugated polyrotaxanes are supramolecular model materials for studying the photophysics of intermolecular interactions in organic semiconductors and their heterojunctions.

Optical Properties of Conjugated Polyrotaxanes: Control and Tuning of Intermolecular Interactions

Intermolecular interactions affect the chemical, biological, and physical properties of a huge variety of systems [1] such as protein folding [2], prion formation, and cellular organization [3], as well as the rich photophysics of natural dyes and synthetic organic semiconductors [4, 5]. The underpinning science of such interactions is thus significantly relevant for the development of consumer electronics displays and other optoelectronics applications.

Control of excited states dimensionality in electronic and photonic materials is recognized as an effective tool for tailoring their photophysics. For...

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  1. Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa, Italy

    Francesco Di Stasio

  2. Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, Milan, Italy

    Sergio Brovelli

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Sophia C. Hayes

  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, and London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK

    Franco Cacialli

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Di Stasio, F., Brovelli, S., Hayes, S.C., Cacialli, F. (2015). Polyrotaxanes (Conjugated). In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_14

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