Langmuir–Blodgett Thin Films of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Amphiphiles

Lo, Chi Kin; Wang, Cheng -Yin; Oosterhout, Stefan D.; Zheng, Zilong; Yi, Xueping; Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek; So, Franky; Coropceanu, Veaceslav; Bredas, Jean -Luc; Toney, Michael F.; Kippelen, Bernard; Reynolds, John R.

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b18239

Langmuir–Blodgett Thin Films of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Amphiphiles

Journal Article · Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b18239· OSTI ID:1457421

Lo, Chi Kin ^[1]; Wang, Cheng -Yin ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[1]; Yi, Xueping ^[3]; Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek ^[1]; ^[3]; ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[2]; Kippelen, Bernard ^[1]; ^[1]

Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)

Here, we report on two π-conjugated donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D) molecules of amphiphilic nature, aiming to promote intermolecular ordering and carrier mobility in organic electronic devices. Diketopyrrolopyrrole was selected as the acceptor moiety that was disubstituted with nonpolar and polar functional groups, thereby providing the amphiphilic structures. This structural design resulted in materials with a strong intermolecular order in the solid state, which was confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy. Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) films of ordered mono- and multilayers were transferred onto glass and silicon substrates, with layer quality, coverage, and intermolecular order controlled by layer compression pressure on the LB trough. Organic field-effect transistors and organic photovoltaics devices with active layers consisting of the amphiphilic conjugated D–A–D-type molecules were constructed to demonstrate that the LB technique is an effective layer-by-layer deposition approach to fabricate self-assembled, ordered thin films.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1457421

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 10; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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