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Balzer F, Breuer T, Witte G, Schiek M. Template and Temperature-Controlled Polymorph Formation in Squaraine Thin Films. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:9266-9277. [PMID: 35858043 PMCID: PMC9352357 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Controlling the polymorph formation in organic semiconductor thin films by the choice of processing parameters is a key factor for targeted device performance. Small molecular semiconductors such as the prototypical anilino squaraine compound with branched butyl chains as terminal functionalization (SQIB) allow both solution and vapor phase deposition methods. SQIB has been considered for various photovoltaic applications mainly as amorphous isotropic thin films due to its broad absorption within the visible to deep-red spectral range. The two known crystalline polymorphs adopting a monoclinic and orthorhombic crystal phase show characteristic Frenkel excitonic spectral signatures of overall H-type and J-type aggregates, respectively, with additional pronounced Davydov splitting. This gives a recognizable polarized optical response of crystalline thin films suitable for identification of the polymorphs. Both phases emerge with a strongly preferred out-of-plane and rather random in-plane orientation in spin-casted thin films depending on subsequent thermal annealing. By contrast, upon vapor deposition on dielectric and conductive substrates, such as silicon dioxide, potassium chloride, graphene, and gold, the polymorph expression depends basically on the choice of growth substrate. The same pronounced out-of-plane orientation is adopted in all crystalline cases, but with a surface templated in-plane alignment in case of crystalline substrates. Strikingly, the amorphous isotropic thin films obtained by vapor deposition cannot be crystallized by thermal postannealing, which is a key feature for the spin-casted thin films, here monitored by polarized in situ microscopy. Combining X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry, and polarized spectro-microscopy, we identify the processing-dependent evolution of the crystal phases, correlating morphology and molecular orientations within the textured SQIB films.
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- Frank Balzer
- SDU
Centre for Photonics Engineering, University
of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg DK-6400, Denmark
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- Department
of Physics, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg D-35032, Germany
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- Department
of Physics, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg D-35032, Germany
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg D-26111, Germany
- Center
for Surface- and Nanoanalytics (ZONA), Institute for Physical Chemistry
(IPC) & Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Johannes Kepler University, Linz A-4040, Austria
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Wei N, Zhu B, He J, Shan H, Zhou J, Huo H. Controlling the organization and stretchability of poly(3-butylthiophene) spherulites. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:8850-8857. [PMID: 34533557 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00486g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this work, we report a simple strategy to readily prepare poly(3-butylthiophene) (P3BT) films with patterned spherulites by brushing the P3BT film surface and annealing the film with carbon disulfide (CS2) vapor. The spherulites nucleated preferentially at the mechanically scratched areas over the unscratched region of the film. The ridge (formed at the side of the scratch) hinders the diffusion of the P3BT molecules, promoting the aggregation and nucleation of P3BT along the ridge to form spherulites upon the CS2 vapor-annealing. The sizes of the ridge and the scratch have no effect on the nucleation and crystallization of the patterned spherulites. We evaluated the crack formation of the P3BT films with patterned spherulites in response to mechanical stretching along different directions. When the stretching direction was parallel to the scratching direction, cracks appeared preferentially at the boundary between the ordered spherulites. In contrast, cracks occurred first at the boundary of stochastic nucleated spherulites located away from the patterned spherulites, when the stretching direction was perpendicular to the scratching direction. The patterned spherulites with regulated mechanical properties may find applications in the design and fabrication of stretchable organic optoelectronic devices with enhanced stability and durability.
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- Nan Wei
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Street No. 19, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Street No. 19, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Street No. 19, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Street No. 19, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Street No. 19, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Street No. 19, Beijing 100875, P. R. China.
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Schweicher G, Garbay G, Jouclas R, Vibert F, Devaux F, Geerts YH. Molecular Semiconductors for Logic Operations: Dead-End or Bright Future? ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1905909. [PMID: 31965662 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The field of organic electronics has been prolific in the last couple of years, leading to the design and synthesis of several molecular semiconductors presenting a mobility in excess of 10 cm2 V-1 s-1 . However, it is also started to recently falter, as a result of doubtful mobility extractions and reduced industrial interest. This critical review addresses the community of chemists and materials scientists to share with it a critical analysis of the best performing molecular semiconductors and of the inherent charge transport physics that takes place in them. The goal is to inspire chemists and materials scientists and to give them hope that the field of molecular semiconductors for logic operations is not engaged into a dead end. To the contrary, it offers plenty of research opportunities in materials chemistry.
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- Guillaume Schweicher
- Laboratoire de chimie des polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Boulevard du Triomphe, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
- Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Laboratoire de chimie des polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Boulevard du Triomphe, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de chimie des polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Boulevard du Triomphe, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de chimie des polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Boulevard du Triomphe, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de chimie des polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Boulevard du Triomphe, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de chimie des polymères, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Boulevard du Triomphe, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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Sy Piecco KWE, Vicente JR, Pyle JR, Ingram DC, Kordesch ME, Chen J. Reusable Chemically-Micropatterned Substrates via Sequential Photoinitiated Thiol-Ene Reactions as Template for Perovskite Thin-Film Microarrays. ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 2019; 1:2279-2286. [PMID: 32832905 PMCID: PMC7442211 DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.9b00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Patterning semiconducting materials are important for many applications such as microelectronics, displays, and photodetectors. Lead halide perovskites are an emerging class of semiconducting materials that can be patterned via solution-based methods. Here we report an all-benchtop patterning strategy by first generating a patterned surface with contrasting wettabilities to organic solvents that have been used in the perovskite precursor solution then spin-coating the solution onto the patterned surface. The precursor solution only stays in the area with higher affinity (wettability). We applied sequential sunlight-initiated thiol-ene reactions to functionalize (and pattern) both glass and conductive fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) transparent glass surfaces. The functionalized surfaces were measured with the solvent contact angles of water and different organic solvents and were further characterized by XPS, selective fluorescence staining, and selective DNA adsorption. By simply spin-coating and baking the perovskite precursor solution on the patterned substrates, we obtained perovskite thin-film microarrays. The spin-coated perovskite arrays were characterized by XRD, AFM, and SEM. We concluded that patterned substrate prepared via sequential sunlight-initiated thiol-ene click reactions is suitable to fabricate perovskite arrays via the benchtop process. In addition, the same patterned substrates can be reused several times until a favorable perovskite microarray is acquired. Among a few conditions we have tested, DMSO solvent and modified FTO surfaces with alternatively carboxylic acid and alkane is the best combination to obtain high-quality perovskite microarrays. The solvent contact angle of DMSO on carboxylic acid-modified FTO surface is nearly zero and 65±3° on octadecane modified FTO surface.
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- Kurt Waldo E. Sy Piecco
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
- Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
- University of the Philippines Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo 5023, Philippines
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
- Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
- University of the Philippines Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo 5023, Philippines
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
- Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
- Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
- Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
- Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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Borovkov NY, Odintsova EG, Petrenko VE, Kolker AM. Amine-assisted solubilization of unsubstituted zinc phthalocyanine for film deposition purposes. RSC Adv 2019; 9:33969-33975. [PMID: 35702387 PMCID: PMC9097492 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07453h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Typical zinc phthalocyanines (ZnPc) exhibit poor solubility in common solvents and, hence, are processed into thin films mostly from the vapor phase. The present work discloses how these limitations can be effectively overcome. Specifically, highly concentrated molecular solutions of unsubstituted ZnPc are prepared by combining a weakly structured ZnPc polymorph with binary liquid systems composed of a π-accepting solvent and a simple nitrogenous base, such as ammonia or tertiary aliphatic amine. The amine-assisted solubilization of ZnPc is rationalized by quantitative analysis of optical spectra and electrostatic potential maps of the dye molecule. A volatile aminoalcohol is proposed in order to rationally modify the habit of ZnPc crystallites and concurrently to produce uniform deposition of the crystallites by drop-casting the dye solutions onto a glass substrate. Finally, a versatile algorithm for wet-processed ZnPc films is declared. Wet-processing of unsubstituted zinc phthalocyanine into polycrystalline films is mastered.![]()
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- N Y Borovkov
- G. A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ivanovo 153045 Russian Federation
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- G. A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ivanovo 153045 Russian Federation
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- G. A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ivanovo 153045 Russian Federation
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- G. A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ivanovo 153045 Russian Federation
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Liu C, Zhou H, Wu Q, Dai F, Lau TK, Lu X, Yang T, Wang Z, Liu X, Liu C. Guided Formation of Large Crystals of Organic and Perovskite Semiconductors by an Ultrasonicated Dispenser and Their Application as the Active Matrix of Photodetectors. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:39921-39932. [PMID: 30353719 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b10861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The crystallization of organic or perovskite semiconductors reflects the intermolecular interactions and crucially determines the charge transport in opto-electronic devices. In this report, we demonstrate and investigate the use of an ultrasonicated dispenser to guide the formation of crystals of organic and perovskite semiconductors. The moving speed of the dispenser affects the match between the concentration gradient and evaporation rate near the three-phase contact lines and thus the generation of various crystallization morphologies. The mechanism of crystallization is given by a relationship between the calculated concentration gradient profile and the degree of crystal alignment. Highly ordered, aligned crystals are achieved for both organic bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-pentacene and perovskite MAPbI3 semiconductors. Absorption spectra, Raman scattering spectroscopy analysis, and grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering measurement reveal the strong anisotropy of the crystalline structures. The aligned crystals lead to remarkably enhanced electrical performances in an organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) and perovskite photodetector. As a demonstration, we combine the OTFT with photodetectors to achieve an active matrix of normally off, gate-tunable photodetectors that operate under ambient conditions.
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- Chenning Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Thin Film Transistor and Advanced Display, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School , Peking University , Shenzhen 518055 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- Department of Physics , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , New Territories , Hong Kong , P. R. China
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- Department of Physics , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , New Territories , Hong Kong , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Zhengzhou University , 100 Kexue Avenue , Zhongyuan, Zhengzhou 450001 , Henan , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , P. R. China
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Khim D, Luzio A, Bonacchini GE, Pace G, Lee MJ, Noh YY, Caironi M. Uniaxial Alignment of Conjugated Polymer Films for High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1705463. [PMID: 29582485 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Polymer semiconductors have been experiencing a remarkable improvement in electronic and optoelectronic properties, which are largely related to the recent development of a vast library of high-performance, donor-acceptor copolymers showing alternation of chemical moieties with different electronic affinities along their backbones. Such steady improvement is making conjugated polymers even more appealing for large-area and flexible electronic applications, from distributed and portable electronics to healthcare devices, where cost-effective manufacturing, light weight, and ease of integration represent key benefits. Recently, a strong boost to charge carrier mobility in polymer-based field-effect transistors, consistently achieving the range from 1.0 to 10 cm2 V-1 s-1 for both holes and electrons, has been given by uniaxial backbone alignment of polymers in thin films, inducing strong transport anisotropy and favoring enhanced transport properties along the alignment direction. Herein, an overview on this topic is provided with a focus on the processing-structure-property relationships that enable the controlled and uniform alignment of polymer films over large areas with scalable processes. The key aspects are specific molecular structures, such as planarized backbones with a reduced degree of conformational disorder, solution formulation with controlled aggregation, and deposition techniques inducing suitable directional flow.
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- Dongyoon Khim
- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, 30 Pildong-ro, 1-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133, Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University, 77 Jeongneung-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-712, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, 30 Pildong-ro, 1-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133, Milano, Italy
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Patel BB, Diao Y. Multiscale assembly of solution-processed organic electronics: the critical roles of confinement, fluid flow, and interfaces. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:044004. [PMID: 29176055 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa9d7c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Organic semiconducting small molecules and polymers provide a rich phase space for investigating the fundamentals of molecular and hierarchical assembly. Stemming from weak intermolecular interactions, their assembly sensitively depends on processing conditions, which in turn drastically modulate their electronic properties. Much work has gone into molecular design strategies that maximize intermolecular interactions and encourage close packing. Less understood, however, is the non-equilibrium assembly that occurs during the fabrication process (especially solution coating and printing) which is critical to determining thin film morphology across length scales. This encompasses polymorphism and molecular packing at molecular scale, assembly of π-bonding aggregates at the tens of nanometers scale, and the formation of domains at the micron-millimeter device scale. Here, we discuss three phenomena ubiquitous in solution processing of organic electronic thin films: the confinement effect, fluid flows, and interfacial assembly and the role they play in directing assembly. This review focuses on the mechanistic understanding of how assembly outcomes couple closely to the solution processing environment, supported by salient examples from the recent literature.
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- Bijal B Patel
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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Yu L, Davidson E, Sharma A, Andersson MR, Segalman R, Müller C. Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics and Time-Temperature-Transformation of the Conjugated Polymer: Poly(3-(2'-ethyl)hexylthiophene). CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2017; 29:5654-5662. [PMID: 28713199 PMCID: PMC5509438 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Thermal annealing strongly impacts the nano- and microstructure of conjugated polymers. Despite the fundamental importance for the resulting optoelectronic behavior of this class of materials, the underlying crystallization processes have not received the same attention that is encountered in other disciplines of materials science. The question arises whether classical treatment of nucleation and growth phenomena is truly applicable to conjugated polymers? Here, the isothermal crystallization behavior of the conjugated polymer poly(3-(2'-ethyl)hexylthiophene) (P3EHT) is monitored with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Avrami analysis reveals growth- and nucleation-limited temperature regimes that are separated by the maximum rate of crystallization. The molecular weight of the polymer is found to strongly influence the absolute rate of crystallization at the same degree of undercooling relative to the melting temperature. A combination of optical microscopy and grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) confirms that the resulting nano- and microstructure strongly correlate with the selected isothermal annealing temperature. Hence, this work establishes that classical nucleation and growth theory can be applied to describe the solidification behavior of the semicrystalline conjugated polymer P3EHT.
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- Liyang Yu
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers
University of Technology, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California,
Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Flinders
Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Sturt Road, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia
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- Flinders
Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Flinders University, Sturt Road, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California,
Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Materials
Department, University of California, Santa
Barbara, Santa
Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers
University of Technology, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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Richter LJ, DeLongchamp DM, Amassian A. Morphology Development in Solution-Processed Functional Organic Blend Films: An In Situ Viewpoint. Chem Rev 2017; 117:6332-6366. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Lee J. Richter
- Material
Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Material
Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- KAUST
Solar Center (KSC) and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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