Wang, G-JN;
Shaw, L;
Xu, J;
Kurosawa, T;
Schroeder, BC;
Oh, JY;
Benight, SJ;
(2016)
Inducing Elasticity through Oligo-Siloxane Crosslinks for Intrinsically Stretchable Semiconducting Polymers.
Advanced Functional Materials
, 26
(40)
pp. 7254-7262.
10.1002/adfm.201602603.
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Abstract
The promise of wearable and implantable devices has made stretchable organic semiconductors highly desirable. Though there are increasing attempts to design intrinsically stretchable conjugated polymers, their performance in terms of charge carrier mobility and maximum fracture strain is still lacking behind extrinsic approaches (i.e., buckling, Kirigami interconnects). Here, polymer crosslinking with flexible oligomers is applied as a strategy to reduce the tensile modulus and improve fracture strain, as well as fatigue resistance for a high mobility diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer. These polymers are crosslinked with siloxane oligomers to give stretchable films stable up to a strain ε = 150% and 500 strain‐and‐release cycles of 100% strain without the formation of nanocracks. Organic field‐effect transistors are prepared to assess the electrical properties of the crosslinked film under cyclic strain loading. An initial average mobility (μavg) of 0.66 cm2 V−1 s−1 is measured at 0% strain. A steady μavg above 0.40 cm2 V−1 s−1 is obtained in the direction perpendicular to the strain direction after 500 strain‐and‐release cycles of 20% strain. The μavg in the direction parallel to strain, however, is compromised due to the formation of wrinkles.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Inducing Elasticity through Oligo-Siloxane Crosslinks for Intrinsically Stretchable Semiconducting Polymers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/adfm.201602603 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201602603 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Technology, Chemistry, Multidisciplinary, Chemistry, Physical, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Physics, Applied, Physics, Condensed Matter, Chemistry, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Materials Science, Physics, Field-Effect Transistors, Thin-Film Transistors, High-Mobility, Conjugated Polymers, Carbon Nanotubes, Charge-Transport, Electronic Skin, Solar-Cells, Copolymer, Ultrathin |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10048340 |
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