Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The preparation of a series of sterically constrained phenyleneethynylenes is described. Restricting the interannular rotation significantly narrows the lowest energy absorption and increases its extinction coefficient in the UV/VIS spectrum. ... The preparation of a series of sterically ...