Conductive Thin Films over Large Areas by Supramolecular Self-Assembly

Gu, Pei-Yang; Jiang, Yufeng; Fink, Zachary; Xie, Ganhua; Hu, Qin; Kim, Paul Y.; Xu, Qing-Feng; Lu, Jian-Mei; Russell, Thomas P.

doi:10.1021/acsami.0c13488

Conductive Thin Films over Large Areas by Supramolecular Self-Assembly

Journal Article · Mon Nov 16 23:00:00 EST 2020 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c13488· OSTI ID:1839251

Gu, Pei-Yang ^[1]; Jiang, Yufeng ^[2]; Fink, Zachary ^[3]; Xie, Ganhua ^[4]; Hu, Qin ^[5]; Kim, Paul Y. ^[5]; Xu, Qing-Feng ^[6]; ^[6]; ^[7]

Soochow Univ., Suzhou (China); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Soochow Univ., Suzhou (China)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology (China)

We report a “one-step” method for preparing conductive thin films with cylindrical microdomains oriented normal to the surface over large areas using the supramolecular assembly of poly(styrene-block-4-vinylpyridine) (PS19-b-P4VP₅) and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-21H,23H-porphine (HOTPP). HOTPP interacts with the P4VP block by hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl group of HOTPP and pyridine ring of PS₁₉-b-P4VP₅, forming cylindrical P4VP(HOTPP) domains having an average diameter of ~17 nm in a PS matrix. Here, dynamic light scattering, contact angle, and in situ grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering measurements show a morphological transition from spherical micelles in solution to cylindrical microdomains oriented normal to the substrate surface during the drying process. From the dependence of current on voltage, an average current of ~4.0 nA is found to pass through a single microdomain, pointing to a promising route for organic semiconductor device applications.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1839251

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 48 Vol. 12; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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