Thankaraj Salammal, Shabi: Structural and morphological investigations of Poly(3-alkylthiophene) thin films prepared by low and room temperature casting and spin coating techniq [...]. 2012
Inhalt
- Abstract
- Zusammenfassung
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Scope and Outline of the Thesis
- Chapter I
- 1 Innovation and Importance of Conjugated Polymers
- 1.1 Polymers
- 1.2 Conjugated Polymers
- 1.3 Polythiophenes
- 1.4 Poly(3-alkylthiophene)s
- 1.5 P3AT Thin Film Processing Methodologies via Solution
- Chapter II
- 2 Importance of Low Temperature Casting
- 2.1 Supersaturation
- 2.2 Nucleation
- 2.3 Experimental Details of Thin Film Preparation
- Chapter III
- 3 Characterization Techniques and Experimental Details
- 3.1 X-ray Analysis
- 3.2 Experimental Set-up of X-ray Scattering Techniques
- 3.3 Investigation of Matter using Electrons
- 3.4 Experimental Details of Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis
- 3.5 Mobility Analysis
- 3.6 Optical Spectroscopic Analysis
- 3.7 Atomic Force Microscopy
- Chapter IV
- 4 Influence of Cast Temperature on the Orientation of P3HT Crystallites
- 4.1 GIXD Analysis of P3HT Thin Films
- 4.2 Cast Temperature Dependent Crystallite Orientation Analysis
- 4.3 Influence of Substrate Silanization on the Orientation of P3HT Crystallites
- 4.4 Electron Diffraction Analysis
- 4.5 Unit Cell Construction of P3HT
- 4.6 Morphological Analysis of P3HT Thin Films
- 4.7 Discussion
- Chapter V
- 5 Influence of Alkyl Side Chain Length on the In-plane Stacking of RT and Low Temperature Cast Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Thin Films
- 5.1 X-ray Diffraction of P3AT Thick Films
- 5.2 X-ray Diffraction of P3AT Thin Films
- 5.3 Electron Diffraction Analysis of Drop Cast P3AT Thin Films
- 5.4 Bright Field Images of RT and -30°C Cast P3AT Thin Films
- 5.5 Photoluminescence Analysis
- 5.6 Mobility Analysis of P3AT Thin Films
- 5.7 Discussion
- Chapter VI
- 6 HRTEM Investigation of Annealing Temperature and Alkyl Side Chain InducedAnisotropic Growth of P3AT Crystallites
- 6.1 Nanomorphology of as-spin Coated P3AT Films as Observed by HRTEM
- 6.2 Impact of Isothermal Annealing: Effect of Alkyl Side Chain Length
- 6.3 Evolution of the Semicrystalline Nanomorphology in P3OT and P3PT Films upon Increasing the Annealing Temperature
- 6.4 Electron Diffraction Analysis of Spin Coated Films
- 6.5 Bright Field Imaging of Spin Coated P3ATs
- 6.6 X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Spin Coated P3AT Thin Films
- 6.7 X-ray Reflectivity Analysis of Spin Coated Films
- 6.8 Influence of Alkyl Side Chain length on the Field Effect Mobility of Spin Coated Films
- 6.9 Discussion
- Chapter VII
- Appendix A
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Eidesstattliche Erklärung