Interfacial free energy Driven nanophase separation in poly(3- hexylthiophene)/[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester thin films

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5257-5266

  Li Destri, Giovanni ^a   Keller, Thomas F ^b   Catellani, Marinella ^c   Punzo, Francesco ^a   Jandt, Klaus D ^b   Marletta, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION STATE; BLEND FILMS; CONFINED GEOMETRIES; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; DIFFUSION VELOCITY; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; HYDROPHOBIC SUBSTRATE; IN-PLANE ORIENTATION; INTERFACE FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; METHYL ESTERS; NANOMETRICS; NANOPHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER CHAINS; SUBSTRATE PROPERTIES; TILTED GEOMETRY;

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER FILMS; THIN FILMS;

SUBSTRATES;

BUTYRIC ACID; ESTER; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BUTYRIC ACID; ESTERS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84858766246     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la300229u     Document Type: Article

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