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Controlling Morphology and Aggregation in Semiconducting Polymers: The Role of Solvents on Lasing Emission in Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]

Systematic experiments were performed to investigate solvent-dependent morphology and aggregation of the semiconducting polymer film poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene] (MEH-PPV), which was span-cast from nonaromatic strong polarity solvents tetrahydrofuran (THF), trichlorom...

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Autores principales: Liu, Minghuan, Liu, Yonggang, Peng, Zenghui, Yang, Chengliang, Mu, Quanquan, Cao, Zhaoliang, Ma, Ji, Xuan, Li
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28773082
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma10070706
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author Liu, Minghuan
Liu, Yonggang
Peng, Zenghui
Yang, Chengliang
Mu, Quanquan
Cao, Zhaoliang
Ma, Ji
Xuan, Li
author_facet Liu, Minghuan
Liu, Yonggang
Peng, Zenghui
Yang, Chengliang
Mu, Quanquan
Cao, Zhaoliang
Ma, Ji
Xuan, Li
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description Systematic experiments were performed to investigate solvent-dependent morphology and aggregation of the semiconducting polymer film poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene] (MEH-PPV), which was span-cast from nonaromatic strong polarity solvents tetrahydrofuran (THF), trichloromethane (TCM) and aromatic weak polarity solvents chlorobenzene (CB), toluene, and p-xylene. The results indicated that the conformation of the spin-cast MEH-PPV films with weak aggregation such as THF and TCM demonstrated excellent lasing emission performances because of inhibiting the fluorescence quenching induced by bi-molecule process. The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) images confirmed the distinct morphologies of the spin-cast MEH-PPV films. The amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) was investigated in a simple asymmetric slab planar waveguide structure by methods of variable stripe length (VSL) and shifting excitation stripe (SES). The amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) experiments confirmed the distinct polymer chain conformation. The conformation, which preserved from the spin-cast process, indicated the distinct interactions between solvents and MEH-PPV polymer chains. The pure film spectra were performed to confirm the effect of distinct conformation on the material energy level. This work provides insights into the morphology and aggregation effect of the spin-cast polymer films on the performances of lasers.
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spelling pubmed-55517492017-08-11 Controlling Morphology and Aggregation in Semiconducting Polymers: The Role of Solvents on Lasing Emission in Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene] Liu, Minghuan Liu, Yonggang Peng, Zenghui Yang, Chengliang Mu, Quanquan Cao, Zhaoliang Ma, Ji Xuan, Li Materials (Basel) Article Systematic experiments were performed to investigate solvent-dependent morphology and aggregation of the semiconducting polymer film poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene] (MEH-PPV), which was span-cast from nonaromatic strong polarity solvents tetrahydrofuran (THF), trichloromethane (TCM) and aromatic weak polarity solvents chlorobenzene (CB), toluene, and p-xylene. The results indicated that the conformation of the spin-cast MEH-PPV films with weak aggregation such as THF and TCM demonstrated excellent lasing emission performances because of inhibiting the fluorescence quenching induced by bi-molecule process. The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) images confirmed the distinct morphologies of the spin-cast MEH-PPV films. The amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) was investigated in a simple asymmetric slab planar waveguide structure by methods of variable stripe length (VSL) and shifting excitation stripe (SES). The amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) experiments confirmed the distinct polymer chain conformation. The conformation, which preserved from the spin-cast process, indicated the distinct interactions between solvents and MEH-PPV polymer chains. The pure film spectra were performed to confirm the effect of distinct conformation on the material energy level. This work provides insights into the morphology and aggregation effect of the spin-cast polymer films on the performances of lasers. MDPI 2017-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5551749/ /pubmed/28773082 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma10070706 Text en © 2017 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Liu, Minghuan
Liu, Yonggang
Peng, Zenghui
Yang, Chengliang
Mu, Quanquan
Cao, Zhaoliang
Ma, Ji
Xuan, Li
Controlling Morphology and Aggregation in Semiconducting Polymers: The Role of Solvents on Lasing Emission in Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]
title Controlling Morphology and Aggregation in Semiconducting Polymers: The Role of Solvents on Lasing Emission in Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]
title_full Controlling Morphology and Aggregation in Semiconducting Polymers: The Role of Solvents on Lasing Emission in Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]
title_fullStr Controlling Morphology and Aggregation in Semiconducting Polymers: The Role of Solvents on Lasing Emission in Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]
title_full_unstemmed Controlling Morphology and Aggregation in Semiconducting Polymers: The Role of Solvents on Lasing Emission in Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]
title_short Controlling Morphology and Aggregation in Semiconducting Polymers: The Role of Solvents on Lasing Emission in Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]
title_sort controlling morphology and aggregation in semiconducting polymers: the role of solvents on lasing emission in poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene]
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28773082
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma10070706
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