[pi]-Stacked Oligo(phenylene vinylene)s Based on Pseudo-Geminal Substituted [2.2]Paracyclophanes: Impact of Interchain Geometry and Interactions on the Electronic Properties

A clever combination: A series of phenylene vinylene oligomers, in which the conjugated segments are held in a well-defined stacked arrangement along their entire length, was studied experimentally and theoretically. The impact of the extended interchain interactions on the photophysics of the π-stacked systems is reported.