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Exploring the Influence of P3HT on PTCA Crystallization and Phase Behavior in Thin Films
The thermal properties and alignment of crystallinity of materials in thin films play crucial roles in the performance and reliability of various devices, especially in the fields of electronics, materials science, and engineering. The slight variations in the molecular packing of the active layer c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10675274/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37999272 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13222918 |
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author | Kumari, Pallavi Hajduk, Barbara Bednarski, Henryk Jarka, Paweł Janeczek, Henryk Łapkowski, Mieczysław |
author_facet | Kumari, Pallavi Hajduk, Barbara Bednarski, Henryk Jarka, Paweł Janeczek, Henryk Łapkowski, Mieczysław |
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description | The thermal properties and alignment of crystallinity of materials in thin films play crucial roles in the performance and reliability of various devices, especially in the fields of electronics, materials science, and engineering. The slight variations in the molecular packing of the active layer can make considerable differences in the optical and thermal properties. Herein, we aim to investigate the tuning of the physical properties of a blended thin film of n-type small organic molecules of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid (PTCA-SMs) with the mixing of the p-type polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). The resulting thin films exhibit an enhanced surface crystallinity compared to the pristine material, leading to the formation of long crystallites, and these crystallites are thermally stable in the solid state, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and thermal analysis using variable-temperature spectroscopic ellipsometry (VTSE) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). We believe that the crystalline structure of the obtained P3HT/PTCA-SMs blends is a combination of edge-on and face-on orientations, which enable the potential use of this material as an active layer in organic electronics. |
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spelling | pubmed-106752742023-11-08 Exploring the Influence of P3HT on PTCA Crystallization and Phase Behavior in Thin Films Kumari, Pallavi Hajduk, Barbara Bednarski, Henryk Jarka, Paweł Janeczek, Henryk Łapkowski, Mieczysław Nanomaterials (Basel) Article The thermal properties and alignment of crystallinity of materials in thin films play crucial roles in the performance and reliability of various devices, especially in the fields of electronics, materials science, and engineering. The slight variations in the molecular packing of the active layer can make considerable differences in the optical and thermal properties. Herein, we aim to investigate the tuning of the physical properties of a blended thin film of n-type small organic molecules of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid (PTCA-SMs) with the mixing of the p-type polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). The resulting thin films exhibit an enhanced surface crystallinity compared to the pristine material, leading to the formation of long crystallites, and these crystallites are thermally stable in the solid state, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and thermal analysis using variable-temperature spectroscopic ellipsometry (VTSE) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). We believe that the crystalline structure of the obtained P3HT/PTCA-SMs blends is a combination of edge-on and face-on orientations, which enable the potential use of this material as an active layer in organic electronics. MDPI 2023-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10675274/ /pubmed/37999272 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13222918 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kumari, Pallavi Hajduk, Barbara Bednarski, Henryk Jarka, Paweł Janeczek, Henryk Łapkowski, Mieczysław Exploring the Influence of P3HT on PTCA Crystallization and Phase Behavior in Thin Films |
title | Exploring the Influence of P3HT on PTCA Crystallization and Phase Behavior in Thin Films |
title_full | Exploring the Influence of P3HT on PTCA Crystallization and Phase Behavior in Thin Films |
title_fullStr | Exploring the Influence of P3HT on PTCA Crystallization and Phase Behavior in Thin Films |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Influence of P3HT on PTCA Crystallization and Phase Behavior in Thin Films |
title_short | Exploring the Influence of P3HT on PTCA Crystallization and Phase Behavior in Thin Films |
title_sort | exploring the influence of p3ht on ptca crystallization and phase behavior in thin films |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10675274/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37999272 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13222918 |
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