Variety of Ordered Patterns in Donor-Acceptor Polymer Semiconductor Films Crystallized from Solution.


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Article
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Authors
Li, Shunpu 
Li, Jin 
Shrestha, Pawan K 
Abstract

A huge challenge is to control the nucleation of crystallites/aggregates in the solution during polymer film formation to generate desired structures. In this work, we investigate crystallization of P(NDI2OD-T2), a donor-acceptor polymer semiconductor, with controlled solution flow along the contact line between the drying film and solution through a seesaw-like pivoting of samples during polymer drying. By controlling the pivoting frequency/amplitude, various types of line patterns can be observed: (I) an array of fishbone-like stripes oriented in the film-growth direction; (II) the pinning-depinning of contact line (PDCL)-mechanism-defined patterned wires along the contact line; and (III) periodic twined crystalline line pattern oriented in the direction of the contact line. The rich variety of pattern formation observed is attributed to the distinctiveness of the donor-acceptor conjugated polymer structure. The result measured from thin-film transistors made of the generated films/structures showed that the charge mobility of P(NDI2OD-T2) does not change much with the film morphology, which supports recent controversy over the charge-transportation mechanism of some donor-acceptor polymer semiconductors.

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Keywords
crystallization, donor−acceptor polymer semiconductor, variety of ordered pattern
Journal Title
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
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Journal ISSN
1944-8244
1944-8252
Volume Title
13
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
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All rights reserved
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L015455/1)