Interplay between solid state microstructure and photophysics for poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) within oriented polyethylene hosts
Interplay between solid state microstructure and photophysics for poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) within oriented polyethylene hosts
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10.1002/polb.23601
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2015
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A. Perevedentsev;S. Aksel;K. Feldman;Paul S. Smith;P. Stavrinou;D. Bradley
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A. Perevedentsev;S. Aksel;K. Feldman;Paul S. Smith;P. Stavrinou;D. Bradley
We present a study of isotropic and uniaxially ori- ented binary blend films comprising 1 wt % of the conjugated polymer poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) (PFO) dispersed in both ultra- high molecular weight (UHMW) and linear-low-density (LLD) polyethylene (PE). Polarized absorption, fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction are used to characterize the samples before and after tensile deformation. Results show that blend films can be prepared with PFO chains adopting a combination of several distinct molecular conformations, namely glassy, crystalline, and the so-called b-phase, which directly influences the result- ing optical properties. Both PFO concentration and drawing temperature strongly affect the alignment of PFO chains during the tensile drawing of the blend films. In both PE hosts, crystal- lization of PFO takes place during drawing; the resulting ordered chains show optimal optical anisotropy. Our results clarify the PFO microstructure in oriented blends with PE and the processing conditions required for achieving the maximal optical anisotropy. V C 2014 The Authors. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Published by Wiley Periodi- cals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014, 00, 000-000