Issue 13, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Molecular chirality induction to an achiral π-conjugated polymer by circularly polarized light†‡§

Yue Wang,a   Takeshi Sakamotob  and  Tamaki Nakano*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Graduate School of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan

b Division of Biotechnology and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
E-mail: nakanot@eng.hokudai.ac.jp
Fax: +81 11 706 6869

Abstract

A preferred-handed helical conformation was induced to poly(9,9-dioctylfluoren-2,7-diyl) (PDOF) in a thin film form upon irradiation with single-handed circularly polarized light (CPL) where the induction was reversible.

Graphical abstract: Molecular chirality induction to an achiral π-conjugated polymer by circularly polarized light

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC17027B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Nov 2011
Accepted
22 Dec 2011
First published
03 Jan 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 1871-1873

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Molecular chirality induction to an achiral π-conjugated polymer by circularly polarized light

Y. Wang, T. Sakamoto and T. Nakano, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1871 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17027B

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