Thin Films: Long Range Self-Assembly of Polythiophene Breath Figures: Optical and Morphological Characterization (Adv. Funct. Mater. 37/2015)

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 25; no. 37; p. 5878
• Main Authors: Routh, Prahlad K., Nykypanchuk, Dmytro, Venkatesh, T. A., Cotlet, Mircea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-10-2015
• Subjects: breath figure technique; conjugated polymers; crystallinity; light harvesting; semitransparent thin films
• ISSN: 1616-301X; 1616-3028
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201570244

Large area semitransparent thin films with highly ordered microporous structures are formed from a commercial conjugated polymer by the use of the breath figure technique, as shown by T. A. Venkatesh, M. Cotlet, and co‐workers on page 5902. In this self‐assembly method, humid air flow encounters the polymer solution and the condensation of water droplets onto hexagonal arrays acts as a template for the film.