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Controlling the morphology and crystallization of a thiophene-based all-conjugated diblock copolymer by solvent blending.
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| Author | Cui, Huina Yang, Xiubao Peng, Juan Qiu, Feng |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | We report the crystallization and microphase separation behavior of an all-conjugated poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly[3-(6-hydroxy)hexylthiophene] (P3HT-b-P3HHT) block copolymer in mixed solvents and demonstrate how the conformations of P3HT and P3HHT chains influence the photophysical properties of the copolymer. It is shown that the balance among π-π stacking of P3HT, P3HHT and microphase separation of the copolymer can be dynamically shifted by controlling the rod-rod interactions of the copolymer via changing the block ratio and solvent blending. A series of nanostructures such as well-ordered nanofibers, spheres and lamellar structures are formed and their formation mechanisms and kinetics are discussed in detail. The variations in P3HT-b-P3HHT conformations are concomitant with a hybrid photophysical property depending on the competition between intrachain and interchain excitonic coupling, resulting in the transformation between J- and H-aggregation. Overall, this work demonstrates how the P3HT-b-P3HHT conformations crystallize and phase-separate in the solution and solid state, and the correlation between their structures and photophysical properties, which improves our understanding of all-conjugated rod-rod block copolymer systems. |
| Starting Page | 5261 |
| Ending Page | 5268 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/c7/sm/c7sm01126a/c7sm01126a1.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 28702655v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sm01126a |
| DOI | 10.1039/c7sm01126a |
| Journal | Soft matter |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Issue Number | 31 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Copolymer Crystallization Immunostimulating conjugate (antigen) Nanofibers Nanostructured Materials Order (action) Thiophene |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |