Segregated versus Mixed Interchain Stacking in Highly Oriented Films of Naphthalene Diimide Bithiophene Copolymers
- 23 October 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Nano
- Vol. 6 (11), 10319-10326
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nn304213h
Abstract
Highly oriented films of an electron accepting polymer semiconductor, poly{[N,N′-bis(2-octyldodecyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenedicarboximide-2,6-diyl]-alt-5,5′-(2,2′-bithiophene)} (PNDI2OD-T2), are obtained by two different methods, namely directional epitaxial crystallization (DEC) on 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene (TCB) and epitaxy on friction transferred poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) substrates. Two distinct polymorphs with unprecedented intrachain resolution are identified by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM). Form I is obtained by DEC on TCB, whereas highly oriented films of form II are obtained on PTFE substrates after melting at T = 300 °C and cooling at 0.5 K/min. In form I, both electron diffraction and HR-TEM indicate a segregated stacking of bithiophene (T2) and naphthalene diimide (NDI) units forming separate columns. In form II, a ∼c/2 shift between successive π-stacked chains leads to mixed π-overlaps of T2 and NDI. Form I can be transformed into form II by annealing at T > 250 °C. The different π-stacking of NDI and T2 in the two polymorphs have characteristic signatures in the UV–vis spectra, especially in the charge transfer band around 750 nm which is also observed in spin-coated films.Keywords
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