Ordered conjugated polymer nano- and microstructures: Structure control for improved performance of organic electronics

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    Nano Today

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Circuits Syst. Signal Process.

    Keywords

    Conjugated polymer; Organic electronics; Self-assembly; Crystallization; Charge transport; FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS; WALLED CARBON; NANOTUBES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR-CELLS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASE; REDUCED; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HIGH-MOBILITY; CHARGE-TRANSPORT; REGIOREGULAR; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Materials; Science, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    Conjugated polymers (CPs), containing conjugated chains with pi-electrons delocalized along the polymer backbone, have numerous potential applications in solution processed organic electronics. The charge transport mechanism of CPs and anisotropic charge transport characteristics in organic electronics require the control of CP structures at intra-molecular, inter-molecular and inter-grain level. This review focuses on the technologies that grant the control of the structure and orientation of CP crystal structures, especially the approaches of using graphitic surfaces to guide the crystallization of CPs, and provides an insight into the impact of the orientation of CP nano- and microstructures on CP-based organic electronics such as field-effect-transistors and organic photovoltaics. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Subjects

    L. Zhai; S. I. Khondaker; J. Thomas; C. Shen;M. McInnis

    Volume

    9

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Review

    Language

    English

    First Page

    705

    Last Page

    721

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000353425400008

    ISSN

    1748-0132

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