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Xiao LL, Zhou X, Yue K, Guo ZH. Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Conjugated Block Copolymers. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 13:E110. [PMID: 33383927 PMCID: PMC7796117 DOI: 10.3390/polym13010110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
In the past two decades, conjugated polymers (CPs) have drawn great attention due to their excellent conductivity and charge mobility, rendering them broad applications in organic electronics. Controlling over the morphologies and nanostructures of CPs is very important to improve the performance of CP-based devices, which is still a tremendously difficult task. Conjugated block copolymers (cBCPs), composed of different CP blocks or CP coupled with coiled polymeric blocks, not only maintain the advantages of high conductivity and mobility but also demonstrate features of morphological versatility and tunability. Due to the strong π-π interaction and crystallinity of the conjugated backbones, the self-assembly behaviors of cBCPs are very complicated and largely remain to be explored. In this tutorial review, we first summarize the general synthetic methods for different types of cBCPs. Then, recent studies on the self-assembly behaviors of cBCPs are discussed, with an emphasis on the structural factors that affect the morphologies of cBCPs both in bulk and thin film states. Finally, we briefly provide our outlook on the future research of the self-assembly of cBCPs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lin-Lin Xiao
- School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (L.-L.X.); (X.Z.); (K.Y.)
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- School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (L.-L.X.); (X.Z.); (K.Y.)
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- School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (L.-L.X.); (X.Z.); (K.Y.)
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China; (L.-L.X.); (X.Z.); (K.Y.)
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Development of High Dielectric Electrostrictive PVDF Terpolymer Blends for Enhanced Electromechanical Properties. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 11:nano11010006. [PMID: 33375191 PMCID: PMC7822181 DOI: 10.3390/nano11010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
Electroactive polymers with high dielectric constants and low moduli can offer fast responses and large electromechanical strain under a relatively low electric field with regard to theoretical driving forces of electrostriction and electrostatic force. However, the conventional electroactive polymers, including silicone rubbers and acrylic polymers, have shown low dielectric constants (ca. < 4) because of their intrinsic limitation, although they have lower moduli (ca. < 1 MPa) than inorganics. To this end, we proposed the high dielectric PVDF terpolymer blends (PVTC-PTM) including poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoro-ethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE-CFE), PVTC) as a matrix and micelle structured poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) (P3HT-b-PMMA, PTM) as a conducting filler. The dielectric constant of PVTC-PTM dramatically increased up to 116.8 at 100 Hz despite adding only 2 wt% of the polymer-type filler (PTM). The compatibility and crystalline properties of the PVTC-PTM blends were examined by microscopic, thermal, and X-ray studies. The PVTC-PTM showed more compatible blends than those of the P3HT homopolymer filler (PT) and led to higher crystallinity and smaller crystal grain size relative to those of neat PVTC and PVTC with the PT filler (PVTC-PT). Those by the PVTC-PTM blends can beneficially affect the high-performance electromechanical properties compared to those by the neat PVTC and the PVTC-PT blend. The electromechanical strain of the PVTC-PTM with 2 wt% PTM (PVTC-PTM2) showed ca. 2-fold enhancement (0.44% transverse strain at 30 Vpp μm−1) relative to that of PVTC. We found that the more significant electromechanical performance of the PVTC-PTM blend than the PVTC was predominantly due to the electrostrictive force rather than electrostatic force. We believe that the acquired PVTC-PTM blends are great candidates to achieve the high-performance electromechanical strain and take all benefits derived from the all-organic system, including high electrical breakdown strength, processibility, dielectrics, and large strain, which are largely different from the organic–inorganic hybrid nanocomposite systems.
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Hsu LC, Kobayashi S, Isono T, Chiang YC, Ree BJ, Satoh T, Chen WC. Highly Stretchable Semiconducting Polymers for Field-Effect Transistors through Branched Soft–Hard–Soft Type Triblock Copolymers. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Li-Che Hsu
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Self-assembly of tunable ABC miktoarm terpolymers with semi-fluorinated segment for the discovery of a rich diversity of multicompartment micelles. Eur Polym J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Khawas K, Daripa S, Kumari P, Bera MK, Malik S, Kuila BK. Simple synthesis of end functionalized regioregular poly(3‐hexyl thiophene) by catalytic‐initiated Kumada catalyst transfer polymerization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.29349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Koomkoom Khawas
- Department of ChemistryCentral University of Jharkhand Brambe, Ranchi 835205 Jharkhand India
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- Department of ChemistryInstitute of Science, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 221005 Uttar Pradesh India
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- Department of ChemistryCentral University of Jharkhand Brambe, Ranchi 835205 Jharkhand India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary SciencesIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A&2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032 West Bengal India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary SciencesIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A&2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032 West Bengal India
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- Department of ChemistryInstitute of Science, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 221005 Uttar Pradesh India
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Han J, Kim JS, Shin JM, Yun H, Kim Y, Park H, Kim BJ. Rapid solvo-microwave annealing for optimizing ordered nanostructures and crystallization of regioregular polythiophene-based block copolymers. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py00871c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Solvo-microwave annealing is an effective method for producing thin films of polythiophene-based block copolymers with ordered structures and high crystallinity in a very short processing time (∼3 min).
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- Junghun Han
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Daejeon 34141
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Daejeon 34141
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Daejeon 34141
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Daejeon 34141
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Daejeon 34141
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Daejeon 34141
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Daejeon 34141
- Republic of Korea
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Lutz JP, Hannigan MD, McNeil AJ. Polymers synthesized via catalyst-transfer polymerization and their applications. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lee KS, Lee J, Choi C, Seo Y, Moon HC, Kim JK. Vertically Oriented Nanostructures of Poly(3-dodecylthiophene)-Containing Rod–Coil Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kyu Seong Lee
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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Sakai-Otsuka Y, Zaioncz S, Otsuka I, Halila S, Rannou P, Borsali R. Self-Assembly of Carbohydrate-block-Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Diblock Copolymers into Sub-10 nm Scale Lamellar Structures. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Kim JS, Kim Y, Kim HJ, Kim HJ, Yang H, Jung YS, Stein GE, Kim BJ. Regioregularity-Driven Morphological Transition of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-Based Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Higashihara T. Precise Synthesis of Block and Miktoarm Star-Branched Polymers Containing Polythiophene Segments with Low Dispersity by Combination of Living Anionic Polymerization and Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation Systems. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201600434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Tomoya Higashihara
- Graduate School of Organic Materials Systems; Yamagata University; 4-3-16 Jonan 992-8510 Japan
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Park J, Lee KS, Choi C, Kwak J, Moon HC, Kim JK. Effect of Molecular Weight on Competitive Self-Assembly of Poly(3-dodecylthiophene)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) Copolymers. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jicheol Park
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology,Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology,Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology,Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology,Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology,Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Smart Block Copolymers, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology,Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
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