Effect of Nonconjugated Spacers on Mechanical Properties of Semiconducting Polymers for Stretchable Transistors

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Nonconjugated segments in polymer semiconductors have been utilized to improve the processability of semiconducting polymers. Recently, several reports have described the improvement of stretchability of polymer semiconductors by incorporating nonconjugated spacers. However, the effect of relative flexibility of such conjugation breakers on mechanical and electrical properties has not yet been studied systematically. Here, conjugation breakers with different chain length and rigidity are incorporated into the backbone of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based semiconductors. Interestingly, it is observed that the longer and more flexible conjugation breakers result in greater ductility and lower elastic modulus without significantly affecting mobility. The enhancement of stretchability is attributed to the reduced modulus and the decrease in crystallinity, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction. With this newly established molecular design, transistors are prepared with a semiconducting polymer containing dodecyl segments as conjugation breakers. It is observed that this polymer retains a mobility of >0.36 cm(2) V-1 s(-1) at 100% strain, and after 100 cycles at 50% strain. Finally, its high stability against strain is also observed with a fully stretchable transistor fabricated. Taken together, the above results indicate that molecular engineering of conjugated polymers, i.e., by incorporating suitable conjugation breakers, can effectively tune mechanical properties without significantly compromising their electrical properties.
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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Issue Date
2018-10
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, v.28, no.43

ISSN
1616-301X
DOI
10.1002/adfm.201804222
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/272662
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MS-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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