Long range self-assembly of polythiophene breath figures: Optical and morphological characterization
Abstract
Large area, device relevant sized microporous thin films are formed with commercially available polythiophenes by the breath figure technique, a water-assisted micro patterning method, with such semitransparent thin films exhibiting periodicity and uniformity dictated by the length of the polymer side chain. Compared to drop casted thin films, the microporous thin films exhibit increased crystallinity due to stronger packing of the polymer inside the honeycomb frame.
- Authors:
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials; Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials
- Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1213381
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-108137-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X; R&D Project: 16076; KC-02-04-01H
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; breath figure technique; conjugated polymers; light harvesting; semitransparent thin film; crystallinity
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Routh, Prahlad K., Nykypanchuk, Dmytro, Venkatesh, T. A., and Cotlet, Mircea. Long range self-assembly of polythiophene breath figures: Optical and morphological characterization. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201502463.
Routh, Prahlad K., Nykypanchuk, Dmytro, Venkatesh, T. A., & Cotlet, Mircea. Long range self-assembly of polythiophene breath figures: Optical and morphological characterization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201502463
Routh, Prahlad K., Nykypanchuk, Dmytro, Venkatesh, T. A., and Cotlet, Mircea. Tue .
"Long range self-assembly of polythiophene breath figures: Optical and morphological characterization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201502463. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1213381.
@article{osti_1213381,
title = {Long range self-assembly of polythiophene breath figures: Optical and morphological characterization},
author = {Routh, Prahlad K. and Nykypanchuk, Dmytro and Venkatesh, T. A. and Cotlet, Mircea},
abstractNote = {Large area, device relevant sized microporous thin films are formed with commercially available polythiophenes by the breath figure technique, a water-assisted micro patterning method, with such semitransparent thin films exhibiting periodicity and uniformity dictated by the length of the polymer side chain. Compared to drop casted thin films, the microporous thin films exhibit increased crystallinity due to stronger packing of the polymer inside the honeycomb frame.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201502463},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 5,
volume = 84,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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