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Aligned Nanofibers: Epitaxial Growth of Highly Oriented Fibers of Semiconducting Polymers with a Shish‐Kebab‐Like Superstructure (Adv. Funct. Mater. 17/2009)
Author(s) -
Brinkmann Martin,
Chandezon Frédéric,
Pansu Robert B.,
JulienRabant Carine
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200990076
Subject(s) - materials science , nanofiber , epitaxy , superstructure , polymer , nanotechnology , polymer science , composite material , layer (electronics) , oceanography , geology
Highly oriented fibers of regioregular poly(3‐alkylthiophene)s with a “shish‐kebab” morphology are prepared by epitaxy on long needles of 1,3,5‐trichlorobenzene grown in liquid pyridine, as described on page 2759 by Brinkmann et al. The superstructure of the fibers consists of a highly oriented thread‐like core several hundreds of micrometers long, the “shish”, onto which lateral crystalline nanofibrils made of folded polymer chains, the “kebabs”, are connected in a periodic way.