Issue 10, 2012

Spectroscopic study of the microstructure and phase transition of regioregular poly(3-dodecylthiophene)

Abstract

Regioregular poly(3-dodecylthiophene) (P3DDT) films were studied by temperature-dependent FTIR and DSC. Structural evidence was presented to confirm that the endothermic transition observed by DSC at ∼60 °C is side chain melting. New vibrational bands of the Cβ-H out-of-plane bending were identified and correlated to various structures of P3DDT: the component at 827 cm−1 was assigned to the form II modification; the 806-cm−1 band was ascribed to an intermediate phase with twisted main chains and ordered side chains, and the component at 800 cm−1 was due to doped segments. Based on temperature-dependent spectroscopic analysis, a detailed description of the microstructure and phase transition of P3DDT is presented.

Graphical abstract: Spectroscopic study of the microstructure and phase transition of regioregular poly(3-dodecylthiophene)

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Nov 2011
Accepted
04 Jan 2012
First published
30 Jan 2012

Soft Matter, 2012,8, 2907-2914

Spectroscopic study of the microstructure and phase transition of regioregular poly(3-dodecylthiophene)

Y. Guo, Y. Jin and Z. Su, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2907 DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07191F

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