Abstract
A facile solution treatment strategy for controlling the microstructure of conjugated polymers using a non-solvent vapor is introduced. The content of well-ordered poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) aggregates in solution was precisely controlled by varying the non-solvent vapor exposure time. P3HT chains were self-assembled upon exposure to the non-solvent vapor to minimize the unfavorable interactions with the non-solvent molecules. The effect of solvent vapor on the molecular ordering and morphologies of P3HT films was investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and polarized optical microscopy. These studies reveal that the self-assembled P3HT aggregates have well-ordered nanofibrillar structures formed via [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] stacking. This strategy paves the way toward fabricating well-ordered polymeric structures, especially in the field of opto-electronic applications including FETs, LEDs, and lasers, where proper alignment or molecular assembly is in great demand.
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