Polarization of singlet and triplet excited states in a platinum-containing conjugated polymer

We investigate the polarization of optical transitions associated with the singlet S 1 and triplet T 1 and T n excited states in a uniaxially aligned platinum-containing conjugated polymer which contains a 2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethyl)-hexyloxy (MEH)-substituted phenyl ring. For the singlet S 1 state, which is extended along the polymer chain, we find the corresponding absorption and emission to be polarized parallel to the chain as seen for other conjugated polymers. However, for the triplet excited states, we find that the emission from the highly localized T 1 state has components both parallel and perpendicular to the polymer chain, while the absorption from T 1 into the delocalized T n state is polarized entirely parallel to the chain. We discuss this connection between the spatial extent of the excited state and the polarization of the associated optical transitions and consider how the spin-orbit coupling mechanism can influence the polarization of emission from the T 1 state.

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