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- 2017Sub-micrometer structure formation during spin coating revealed by time-resolved in situ laser and X-ray scatteringcitations
- 2016Origin of fullerene-induced vitrification of fullerene: donor polymer photovoltaic blends and its impact on solar cell performancecitations
- 2015Analysis of nanoporosity in moisture permeation barrier layers by electrochemical impedance spectroscopycitations
- 2014On the intrinsic moisture permeation rate of remote microwave plasma-deposited silicon nitride layers
- 2013Predicting morphologies of solution processed polymer : fullerene blends
- 2012Active control of evaporative solution deposition by modulated infrared illumination
- 2011Liquid phase demixing in ferroelectric/semiconducting polymer blends:An experimental and theoretical study
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Sub-micrometer structure formation during spin coating revealed by time-resolved in situ laser and X-ray scattering
Abstract
Solution-processed thin polymer films have many applications, such as organic electronics and block-copolymer nanofabrication. These films are often made by spin coating a solution that contains one or more solids and can show different phase-separated structures. The formation mechanism of the droplet-like morphology is studied here by processing polystyrene (PS) and a fullerene derivative ([6,6]-phenyl-C 71 -butyric acid methyl ester, [70]PCBM) from o-xylene. The final structure consists of [70]PCBM droplets partially embedded in a PS-rich matrix showing interdomain distance of 100–1000 nm as determined from transmission electron microscopy and grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS). To elucidate the formation of these morphologies in real time, ultrafast in situ GISAXS coupled with laser interferometry and laser scattering is performed during spin coating. In situ thickness measurements and laser scattering show that liquid–liquid phase separation occurs at ≈70 vol% solvent. Subsequently, in only 100–400 ms, almost dry [70]PCBM domains start to protrude from the swollen PS-rich matrix. These results are used to verify the ternary phase diagram calculated using Flory–Huggins theory. The discussed multitechnique approach can be applied to study fundamental aspects in soft matter such as phase separation in thin films occurring at very short time scales.