Oligophenylenevinylenes in spatially confined nanochannels : monitoring intermolecular interactions by UV/Vis and Raman spectroscopy.

Perhydrotriphenylene-based channel-forming inclusion compds. (ICs) and thin films made of polyphenylenevinylene (PPV)-type oligomers with terminal alkoxy groups are investigated and compared in a combined exptl. and theor. approach. Interchromophore interactions and host-guest interactions are elucidated by UV/Vis and Raman spectroscopy. The impact of the local environment of the chromophore on the optical and photophys. properties is discussed in light of quantum-chem. calcns. In stark contrast to thin films where preferential side-by-side orientation leads to quenching of photoluminescence (PL) via non-emissive traps, the ICs are found to be attractive materials for opto-electronic applications: they offer high chromophore concns., but at the same time behave as quasi-isolated entities of tightly packed, well-oriented objects with high PL quantum yields and the possibility of color tuning.