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- Knaapila, Matti, et al.
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Meridional orientation in biaxially aligned thin films of hairy-rod polyfluorene
- 2007
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Ingår i: Crystal Growth & Design. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1528-7483 .- 1528-7505. ; 7:9, s. 1706-1711
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The uniaxial chain alignment and equatorial patterning of poly [9,9-bis(2-ethylhexyl)fluorene-2,7-diyl] (M-n = 29 kg/mol, M-w = 68 kg/mol) thin films atop rubbed polyimide substrates have been studied by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction. This specific molecular weight yields among the highest observed levels of chain alignment and optical anisotropy and, after thermal annealing, the sample undergoes transformation to a highly textured crystalline hexagonal phase. The two dominant equatorial orientations (i.e., types I and II crystallites) are found to have almost identical meridional orientation distributions. The X-ray deduced orientation is in quantitative agreement with that obtained by optical absorption measurements. It is also shown that the equatorial ordering is paracrystalline in nature, and both type I and type II crystallites are similar in this respect. This equatorial scattering is superimposed on a background of a hexagonal phase polymer with a cylindrically isotropic orientation (type III).
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- Knaapila, Matti, et al.
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Evidence for 21-helicity of poly[9,9-bis(2-ethylhexyl)fluorene-2,7-diyl]
- 2007
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Ingår i: Macromolecules. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0024-9297 .- 1520-5835. ; 40:10, s. 3610-3614
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The conformational state of the pi-conjugated polyfluorene poly[9,9-bis(2-ethylhexyl)fluorene-2,7-diyl] is reconsidered. Contrary to the general opinion, this helical polymer is shown to organize in a giant repeat consisting of 21 monomer units. The length of the unit cell of 16.97 nm is suggested.
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