Poly(3-hexylthiophene) crystalline cubes: A facile preparation of polymer particles featuring long-range ordering

Won Young Cha, Jae Yeon Lee, Jinwoo Park, Yun Hee Koo, Juhyun Park, Shu Seki, Won Suk Kim, Jae Hong Park

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Abstract

Conjugated polymer crystals enable us to realize an ideal platform for the highest density-of-state of electrons in valence and conduction bands. Herein we report a facile protocol to prepare crystalline particles (P3HT-CP) of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) with clear cubic shapes. Long-range ordering of P3HT has been confirmed by microscopic techniques, suggesting extremely small contribution from amorphous domains in the cubic structures. The comparable electronic absorption spectra of P3HT-CP dispersion and the thin-film of P3HT-CP suggest the suppression of additional structural evolution during solvent evaporation and stable dispersion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1494-1496
Number of pages3
JournalChemistry Letters
Volume49
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
J. P. is grateful for financial support from JSPS KAKENHI (Grant no. JP17H06791) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2020R1F1A1073716). W.-S. K. acknowledges Technology Development Program to Solve Climate Changes (NRF-2019M1A2A2072417) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by Ministry of Science and ICT.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Chemical Society of Japan

Keywords

  • Conjugated polymer
  • Crystalline domain
  • Polythiophene

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