Crystalline Conjugated Block Copolymer Self-Assembly

结晶共轭嵌段共聚物自组装

• 批准号: 1206296
• 负责人: Rachel Segalman
• 金额: $ 36.6万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1206296&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Crystalline; Conjugated; Block; Copolymer; Self

TECHNICAL SUMMARYRod-coil block copolymers play a central role in many recent efforts to optimize organic optoelectronic devices, but it is clear that structure must be controlled on multiple length scales ranging from the atomic spacing in a crystalline lattice to the 10 nm length scale of block copolymer self-assembly and the 100 nm to micron scale of the device. Critical to these efforts is an understanding of how these interactions occurring over drastically different length scales work in combination. The goals of this project involve the synthesis and self assembly of conjugated block copolymers, gaining a fundamental understanding of phase separation in these rod-coil block copolymers, and understanding the interplay of structural effects on charge mobility. In the longer term, this fundamental understanding will be used to guide the design of semiflexible block copolymers and ultimately impact fields such as organic optoelectronics and biomaterials.The interplay between backbone shape, block copolymer self-assembly, crystallinity, and semiconducting properties is crucial both for a fundamental understanding of structure-property relationships as well as for the future design of optimized materials with controllable properties. Here, synthetic design and self-assembly of conjugated rod-coil block copolymers will be utilized to: (a) Develop a detailed understanding of the relationship between chain shape, crystallinity, and charge mobility in conjugated polymers (particularly polythiophene derivatives); (b) Understand the rules associated with achieving confined crystallization in conjugated rod-coil block copolymers and the detailed morphology of crystals within these nanodomains, and (c) Probe the roles of semi-flexible rods and the balance between liquid-crystalline and block-copolymer interactions on conjugated block copolymer self-assembly.NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYCritical to efforts for optimizing organic optoelectronic devices, biological membranes, and drug delivery applications is an understanding of the thermodynamics that control nanometer-scale self-assembly in specially designed polymeric materials. This is an integrated research program aimed at understanding the thermodynamics of self-assembly of block copolymers where molecular rigidity and semi-crystallinity affect the polymer nanostructure and charge transport properties. An important component of this project involves several integrated educational activities. Undergraduate and graduate students will all be trained on a number of national user facilities, participate in local and national meetings, and interact closely with collaborators in the process of performing this research. Additionally, a partnership is underway with a teacher at Creekside Middle School in Castro Valley to offer an exploratory module on polymer science related to this research.

技术概述棒状-卷曲嵌段共聚物在近来优化有机光电子器件的许多努力中起着中心作用，但很明显，必须在从晶格中的原子间距到嵌段共聚物自组装的10 nm长度尺度和器件的100 nm至微米尺度的多个长度尺度上控制结构。 这些努力的关键是了解这些相互作用如何发生在完全不同的长度尺度的组合工作。 这个项目的目标涉及共轭嵌段共聚物的合成和自组装，获得这些棒-线圈嵌段共聚物的相分离的基本理解，并了解结构对电荷迁移率的相互作用。 从长远来看，这一基本认识将用于指导半柔性嵌段共聚物的设计，并最终影响有机光电子学和生物材料等领域。主链形状，嵌段共聚物自组装，结晶度和半导体性能之间的相互作用对于结构-性能关系的基本理解以及未来设计具有可控性能的优化材料至关重要。在这里，共轭棒-线圈嵌段共聚物的合成设计和自组装将被用于：（a）详细了解共轭聚合物中链形状，结晶度和电荷迁移率之间的关系（特别是聚噻吩衍生物）;（B）理解与在共轭棒-卷嵌段共聚物中实现受限结晶相关的规则和这些纳米域内晶体的详细形态，和（c）探索半柔性棒的作用以及液晶和嵌段共聚物相互作用对共轭嵌段共聚物自组装的平衡。非技术总结对于优化有机光电子器件、生物膜和药物输送应用的努力至关重要是了解控制专门设计的聚合物材料中纳米级自组装的热力学。 这是一个综合的研究计划，旨在了解嵌段共聚物自组装的热力学，其中分子刚性和半结晶度影响聚合物纳米结构和电荷传输特性。 该项目的一个重要组成部分涉及若干综合教育活动。 本科生和研究生都将接受一些国家用户设施的培训，参加地方和国家会议，并在进行这项研究的过程中与合作者密切互动。此外，正在与卡斯特罗谷Creekside中学的一名教师建立伙伴关系，提供与本研究相关的聚合物科学探索模块。