Controlling Molecular Ordering in Solution-State Conjugated Polymers

Zhu, Jiahua; Han, Youngkyu; Kumar, Rajeev; Hong, Kunlun; Bonnesen, Peter V.; Sumpter, Bobby G.; Smith, Gregory Scott; Ivanov, Ilia N.; Do, Changwoo

doi:10.1039/C5NR02037A

Title: Controlling Molecular Ordering in Solution-State Conjugated Polymers

Journal Article · Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nanoscale

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR02037A· OSTI ID:1223072

Zhu, Jiahua ^[1]; Han, Youngkyu ^[1]; Kumar, Rajeev ^[1]; Hong, Kunlun ^[1]; Bonnesen, Peter V. ^[1]; Sumpter, Bobby G. ^[1]; Smith, Gregory Scott ^[1]; Ivanov, Ilia N. ^[1]; Do, Changwoo ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Rationally encoding molecular interactions that can control the assembly structure and functional expression in solution of conjugated polymers holds great potential for enabling optimal organic optoelectronic and sensory materials. In this work, we show that thermally-controlled and surfactant-guided assembly of water-soluble conjugated polymers in aqueous solution is a simple and effective strategy to generate optoelectronic materials with desired molecular ordering. We have studied a conjugated polymer consisting of a hydrophobic thiophene backbone and hydrophilic, thermo-responsive ethylene oxide side groups, which shows a step-wise, multi-dimensional assembly in water. By incorporating the polymer into phase-segregated domains of an amphiphilic surfactant in solution, we demonstrate that both chain conformation and degree of molecular ordering of the conjugated polymer can be tuned in hexagonal, micellar and lamellar phases of the surfactant solution. The controlled molecular ordering in conjugated polymer assembly is demonstrated as a key factor determining the electronic interaction and optical function.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1223072

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Vol. 7, Issue 37; ISSN 2040-3364

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