Prominent processing techniques to manipulate semiconducting polymer microstructures

I Botiz - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Most of the technological applications that shape the development of our society and
lifestyle are based on polymers. Whether we are talking about the automotive and aviation …

A comprehensive review on polymer single crystals—From fundamental concepts to applications

S Agbolaghi, S Abbaspoor, F Abbasi - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymer single crystals and correlated crystalline structures are reviewed by emphasizing
the last 10–20 years of research on fundamental concepts, single crystal engineering, and …

Impact of polymorphism on the optoelectronic properties of a low-bandgap semiconducting polymer

M Li, AH Balawi, PJ Leenaers, L Ning… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Polymorphism of organic semiconducting materials exerts critical effects on their physical
properties such as optical absorption, emission and electrical conductivity, and provides an …

High-Temperature Rubbing: An Effective Method to Fabricate Large-Scale Aligned Semiconducting and Conducting Polymer Films for Applications in Organic …

S Guchait, Y Zhong, M Brinkmann - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers (CPs) are ubiquitous in plastic electronics in the form of
semiconducting and conducting polymers that are central in devices such as solar cells, field …

Controlled crystallization of conjugated polymer films from solution and solvent vapor for polymer electronics

GL Schulz, S Ludwigs - Advanced Functional Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Over the years, solution‐processable conjugated oligomers and polymers have proven to be
very promising for application in organic electronic devices. In addition to tuning the …

The PCPDTBT family: correlations between chemical structure, polymorphism, and device performance

GL Schulz, FSU Fischer, D Trefz, A Melnyk… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We highlight the influence of processing conditions on polymorphism and structure
formation on the mesoscale for the family of PCPDTBT polymers with branched alkyl side …

Effects of side chain branch point on self assembly, structure, and electronic properties of high mobility semiconducting polymers

CR Bridges, MJ Ford, EM Thomas, C Gomez… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Semiconducting polymers exhibiting lyotropic liquid-crystalline (LC) mesophases allow for
precise control over crystallinity and crystallite orientation using scalable equilibrium …

Nanoconfining optoelectronic materials for enhanced performance and stability

X Kong, K Zong, SS Lee - Chemistry of Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
The solution processing of optoelectronic active layers promises to usher in a new era of
technologies, from rollable displays to smart textiles, but critical challenges remain in the …

Formation and structure of lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophases in donor–acceptor semiconducting polymers

CR Bridges, MJ Ford, BC Popere, GC Bazan… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Controlling crystallinity and molecular packing at nano-and macroscopic length scales in
conjugated polymer thin films is vital for improving the performance of polymer-based …

A graph based approach to model charge transport in semiconducting polymers

R Noruzi, E Lim, BSS Pokuri, ML Chabinyc… - npj Computational …, 2022 - nature.com
Charge transport in molecular solids, such as semiconducting polymers, is strongly affected
by packing and structural order over several length scales. Conventional approaches to …