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ArticleChemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society2020

Structural and Photophysical Templating of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes with Single-Stranded DNA.

Lisa Peterhans, Eliana Nicolaidou, Polydefkis Diamantis, Elisa Alloa, Mario Leclerc, Mathieu Surin, Sébastien Clément, Ursula Rothlisberger, Natalie Banerji, Sophia C Hayes

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Lisa PeterhansDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Eliana NicolaidouDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Polydefkis DiamantisLaboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Elisa AlloaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Mario LeclercDepartment of Chemistry, Université Laval, G1K 7P4 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Mathieu SurinLaboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Center for Innovation in Materials and Polymers, University of Mons - UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.
Sébastien ClémentInstitut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, ICGM, UMR 5253 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier, Cedex 05, France.
Ursula RothlisbergerLaboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Natalie BanerjiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Sophia C HayesDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus.

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Abstract

A promising approach to influence and control the photophysical properties of conjugated polymers is directing their molecular conformation by templating. We explore here the templating effect of single-stranded DNA oligomers (ssDNAs) on cationic polythiophenes with the goal to uncover the intermolecular interactions that direct the polymer backbone conformation. We have comprehensively characterized the optical behavior and structure of the polythiophenes in conformationally distinct complexes depending on the sequence of nucleic bases and addressed the effect on the ultrafast excited-state relaxation. This, in combination with molecular dynamics simulations, allowed us a detailed atomistic-level understanding of the structure-property correlations. We find that electrostatic and other noncovalent interactions direct the assembly with the polymer, and we identify that optimal templating is achieved with (ideally 10-20) consecutive cytosine bases through numerous π-stacking interactions with the thiophene rings and side groups of the polymer, leading to a rigid assembly with ssDNA, with highly ordered chains and unique optical signatures. Our insights are an important step forward in an effective approach to structural templating and optoelectronic control of conjugated polymers and organic materials in general.

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PMCPMC7587141

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