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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 107, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3276257
Keywords
interface states; organic semiconductors; photoluminescence; quartz; Raman spectra; semiconductor thin films; surface morphology
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- EPSRC [GR/S99075/02]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [GR/S99075/01, GR/S99075/02] Funding Source: researchfish
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We use Raman spectroscopy to investigate the thin-film morphology of conjugated polymers [poly(9,9-di-n-octylfluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole (F8BT)] in terms of the polymer chain conformation at interfaces with quartz, a crosslinked benzocyclobutene derivative, polyvinylphenol, and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulphonate). The polymer chains near the substrate interface adopt a more planar conformation (lower torsion angle between fluorene and benzothiadiazole units) than chains in the bulk of the film for all substrates studied. On annealing, polymer chains both near the interface and in the bulk of the film adopt more planar conformations than in their pristine states but to a different degree. The influence of F8BT molecular weight on polymer chain conformation near the substrate interface is also examined. These results are confirmed by additional absorption and photoluminescence measurements.
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