Direct observation of the influence of chirality on the microstructure of regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophene)s at the liquid/solid interface
Author(s) -
Hai Cao,
MariePaule Van Den Eede,
Guy Koeckelberghs,
Kunal S. Mali,
Steven De Feyter
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/c6cc08074j
Subject(s) - microstructure , amorphous solid , chirality (physics) , scanning tunneling microscope , materials science , morphology (biology) , crystallography , polymer chemistry , chemical physics , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , physics , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , biology , nambu–jona lasinio model , genetics , quark
The degree of order of poly(3-alkylthiophene)s on atomically flat surfaces is strongly influenced by interchain interactions. Regularly ordered, disordered and amorphous microstructures are observed for achiral, homochiral and meso poly(3-alkylthiophene)s, respectively, as revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy.
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