The fabrication of P3HT nanopatterns (lamellae and fibres) within a few minutes, in standard laboratory conditions (i.e., at room temperature and in air) and over areas as large as cm2, is reported. The nanostructures are prepared using a wet-processing method. A satisfactory control over the pattern topology (lamellae, hierarchically connected and parallel fibres, entangled but disconnected and quasiparallel fibres, randomly oriented fibres) is obtained by simply changing one process parameter. UV-vis spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses carried out over the so-fabricated structures evidence a very high degree of supramolecular organization of the polymeric chains. Such a degree of order is similar or even better than that of P3HT samples treated with thermal or solvent annealing procedures.
Fast fabrication over large areas of P3HT nanostructures with high supramolecular order
FRALEONI MORGERA, Alessandro;PALMA, GIUSEPPINA;
2013-01-01
Abstract
The fabrication of P3HT nanopatterns (lamellae and fibres) within a few minutes, in standard laboratory conditions (i.e., at room temperature and in air) and over areas as large as cm2, is reported. The nanostructures are prepared using a wet-processing method. A satisfactory control over the pattern topology (lamellae, hierarchically connected and parallel fibres, entangled but disconnected and quasiparallel fibres, randomly oriented fibres) is obtained by simply changing one process parameter. UV-vis spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses carried out over the so-fabricated structures evidence a very high degree of supramolecular organization of the polymeric chains. Such a degree of order is similar or even better than that of P3HT samples treated with thermal or solvent annealing procedures.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
