Model depicting energy transfer from disordered to
ordered phase
Formation of the ordered phase depends on nucleation and growth
For athermal nucleation (all nucleation occurs at t=0) n=1
Polymer
thin film
Nucleation
then growth
Substrate
 1st: Low absorption in ordered phase but efficient PL
 2nd: High absorption in disordered phase and exciton
migration to the ordered region (I.e., red arrows)
 One-dimensional growth increases relative PL from
1st process