退火温度对高分子薄膜中掺杂小分子的结晶和光谱学响应特性的影响

研究了小分子材料苝(EPPTC)在高分子材料聚芴衍生物(F8BT)薄膜中的结晶特性随温度的变化规律,以及由此引起的两种材料构成的异质结中激发复合体荧光发射特性的变化。实验结果表明,退火温度的升高会加强小分子与高分子材料在固体薄膜中的相分离。而小分子相在析出过程中,会在分子间作用力诱导下发生π—π团聚而结晶。晶体的尺度在达到小分子材料相变温度之前基本上随温度升高而增大。这一过程将破坏异质结结构,减小小分子与高分子间的接触面积,从而降低激发复合体的形成及其荧光发射强度。同时,由高分子向小分子发生的能量转移过程被显著减弱,而小分子晶相的荧光发射成分提高。这对于调控有机半导体异质结结构,进而改善光伏器件性能具有重要意义。     

羧酸型聚芴/二氧化钛杂化材料的制备及其荧光猝灭行为

通过Suzuki偶合反应合成了聚[9,9-二辛基芴-9,9-双(丙酸基)芴](PF8COOH),并采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了羧酸型聚芴/二氧化钛(TiO₂)杂化材料。通过核磁共振氢谱(¹H NMR)、凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)、紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis)、X射线衍射(XRD)和荧光发射光谱对聚合物及其杂化材料进行了表征,并研究了杂化材料的荧光猝灭行为。结果表明,所合成的PF8COOH数均分子量为19 600,PF8COOH的紫外-可见吸收和荧光发射光谱较聚(9,9-二辛基芴)(PF8)均发生红移。通过溶胶-凝胶法制得了PF8COOH/TiO₂杂化材料,其中TiO₂主要为金红石型。杂化材料出现明显的荧光猝灭现象,TiO₂含量越大则杂化材料的荧光猝灭现象越明显。羧基的引入可使聚芴与TiO₂之间的相互作用增强,电子更容易从聚芴向TiO₂转移,因而PF8COOH/TiO₂杂化材料的荧光猝灭现象比PF8/TiO₂杂化材料更明显。     

9,9-二-(3-丙基酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸)芴共聚物的合成及荧光发光性能

利用迈克尔加成反应合成了2,7-二溴-9,9-二-(3-丙基酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸)芴(FSO3H),并通过Suzuki偶合反应制备了9,9-二-(3-丙基酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸)芴-9,9-二己基芴共聚物(PF6SO3H)和9,9-二-(3-丙基酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸)芴-4,4'-联苯共聚物(PFDBSO3H)。通过核磁共振氢谱(1H NMR)、凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)、紫外-可见吸收光谱对聚合物的结构进行了表征,利用荧光发射光谱对聚合物在各种条件下的荧光发光性能进行了研究。结果表明,上述两种磺酸型聚芴已被成功合成,这些聚合物具有较高的分子量并能够很好地溶于甲醇和水/醇混合溶剂中。荧光发光光谱研究表明:溶剂的极性、溶液的浓度和p H值、溶液中的金属离子都对磺酸型聚芴的发光性能有很大的影响。荧光发射光谱随着溶剂极性的增加逐渐红移。荧光强度随着溶液浓度的增加先增加后降低。当溶液p H从1增加到7.5时,荧光强度逐渐增加;当p H从7.5增加到12.5时,荧光强度降低直至猝灭。离子猝灭剂Mv+、Ag+、K+、Na+和Li+等对两种聚合物具有明显的猝灭效应,且对PF6SO3H的猝灭效应比对PFDBSO3H更强,这与磺酸型聚芴分子的刚性及离子的相互作用有关。     

基于扭曲A-π-D-π-A构型的蓝色荧光材料的π-共轭桥与光物理特性间的关系（英文）

蓝色荧光材料在作为有机发光器件(OLED)的蓝光发光层材料方面具有很大的商业应用潜力。本文将4-(9H-咔唑-9-基)苯胺(CzPA)作为电子给体单元、三氟甲基苯基(FMP)作为电子受体单元,通过在CzPA和FMP之间分别引入苯,9,9'-二辛基-9H-芴和双(9,9′-二辛基-9H-芴)作为π-共轭桥,设计并合成了一系列基于扭曲A-π-D-π-A构型的蓝色荧光材料(CzPA-B-FMP,CzPA-F-FMP,CzPA-DF-FMP),并研究π-共轭桥与材料光物理性质之间的关系。通过对材料的相关光物理性质以及电荷转移特性的详细比较,可以分析得出:CzPA和FMP之间的π-共轭桥长度的增加可以增强激发态的局部激发特性,进而提高这些材料的荧光量子效率和器件的外量子效率。但是,过长的π-共轭桥将导致更大的分子间共轭效应,不利于材料光物理性质的优化。     

溶剂效应对聚喹啉铝发光特性的影响

研究了非共轭聚喹啉铝（Palq)在氯仿和乙醇不同极性的溶剂下所获得的薄膜的吸收和发光光谱。由于溶剂性的不同，聚喹啉铝链在氯仿和乙醇溶液中表现出不同的聚集状态。当各种溶液分别旋涂成膜时，溶液中的聚喹啉铝的聚集态仍部分地保存下来，导致不同聚喹啉铝薄膜的电子结构状态的差别。结果，聚喹啉铝的薄膜表现出不同的发光特性。实验表明，在制作聚合物器件中，溶剂的选择对共轭聚合物的发光特性有着重要的影响。     

软模板纳米压印技术及其对共轭高分子的取向控制研究

纳米压印模板通常需要经过电子束光刻、电子束沉积、光刻胶剥离、反应离子刻蚀等一系列复杂工艺获得,这使得纳米压印模板的制作难度大,成本高. 寻找一种灵活简单的纳米压印模板制备方法以提升纳米压印模板的制作效率,是广泛应用纳米压印技术的研究重点和难点. 本文以写好光栅结构的电子束光刻胶层为母模板,获得聚二甲基硅氧烷软模板,并以此为模板对共轭高分子聚(9,9-二辛基)芴薄膜进行纳米压印,实现光栅结构转移,成功制备出纳米光栅结构的共轭高分子薄膜. 偏振吸收谱和透射电镜结果表明,纳米压印实现图案转移的同时,还可以将共轭高分子的主链控制在光栅条纹方向,这对有机发光器件性能的提升具有重要的意义. 研究结果还表明,应用该方法同样可以对聚(9,9-二辛基芴共苯并噻二唑)薄膜进行光栅图案化,同时实现其取向控制. 关键词： 纳米压印 软模板共轭高分子 分子链取向     

聚环氧乙烷在水和叔丁醇溶液中分子构型变化的研究

在聚合物溶液中,聚合物单体和溶剂分子之间的相互作用会影响聚合物高分子的尺寸和结构。本文使用动态光散射实验系统研究了聚环氧乙烷在水+TBA二元混合溶液中的分子尺寸变化,实验结果表明聚环氧乙烷分子会呈现出收缩-膨胀的奇异性构型变化。本文也系统分析了产生该现象的原因,依次分析了在二元混合溶液中可能对聚合物分子尺寸产生影响三个原因:溶剂非理想性影响(Shultz-Flory理论)、临界涨落影响以及水+醇溶液所呈现出来的奇异性性质。结合这三个因素,本文较好地解释了实验所观测到的奇异现象。     

链构象对稀溶液中MEH-PPV的光致发光的影响

聚(2-甲氧基-5-(2’-乙基己氧基)-1,4-对苯乙炔)(MEH-PPV)在溶液中的链构象依赖于溶剂的性质,共轭聚合物的发光特性受链构象影响明显。在稀溶液中,不良溶剂含量的增加使MEH-PPV分子链更加紧缩卷曲,单个分子链内更多共轭链段发生聚集,光激发形成的链间激子增加。通过对MEH-PPV稀溶液的光谱分析,发现链间激子的形成过程依赖于激发光的能量(hv)。在激发光能量大于聚合物的最低激发能(E4)的情况下,大部分链内激子通过辐射复合发光,少部分链内激子沿分子链转移到聚集的共轭链段上形成链间激子。在hv＜Ea的情况下,单个分子链内聚集共轭链段吸收光子能量形成链问激子并复合发光。     

碳纳米管受限空间对共轭高分子聚(9,9-二辛基芴-2,7-二基)链段运动行为的影响

在纳米受限空间中,高分子往往会表现出与本体状态不同的性质,如异常的链段运动特性及晶相间转变行为等,这些性质对于研究和开发新型高分子材料具有重要的意义,因此针对受限环境下高分子的物理化学特性研究也一直是高分子界关注的焦点.本文通过化学气相沉积法制备垂直取向排列的多壁碳纳米管阵列,借助溶剂润湿–收缩法获得规整的高密度阵列结构,其取向排列的碳纳米管间隙形成了准一维的纳米受限空间,尺寸在5—50 nm尺度下可调.进一步将共轭高分子聚(9,9-二辛基芴-2,7-二基)(PFO)填充到碳管间隙的纳米空间中,制备PFO与取向多壁碳纳米管阵列复合膜.结果发现在碳纳米管形成的纳米受限空间中,PFO的链段热运动行为与本征态PFO薄膜相比受到了明显的抑制,不同晶型间转变速度大大减缓,提高了构象的热稳定性,同时取向排列的碳纳米管对PFO分子链取向排列分布具有明显的诱导作用,有利于获得高性能的PFO晶体.这种高密度取向排列的碳纳米管阵列结构未来可以用于制备优良发光性能及高稳定性的PFO光电器件.     

新型聚集荧光增强芴衍生物的光谱特性及电致发光性能研究

对新型聚集荧光增强芴衍生物的溶液状态下的光致发光和紫外-可见吸收光谱进行了表征,同时对比了其在丙酮/水混合溶液中的光致发光特性。结果表明,当水的体积比不断提高时,芴衍生物的丙酮/水混合溶液的光致发光光谱辐照度增强,这是由于该芴衍生物不溶于水,使得材料形成聚集态,导致聚集荧光增强;同时,PL光谱发生蓝移,这是因为溶液加水后形成芴衍生物的蓝色晶态聚集,这种晶态聚集会导致光致发光光谱的蓝移,并且晶态聚集越有序,发射的波长越短。另外,新型芴衍生物分子是通过在芴基团上链接四苯基苯和三苯胺官能团,具有抑制浓度猝灭及增强电荷传输能力,因此作为发光层,制得了非掺杂的有机电致发光器件。     

共轭聚合物单分子构象和能量转移特性研究

利用基于宽场显微光学系统的单分子散焦成像技术测量了不同构象poly[2,7-(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-alt-4,7-bis(thiophen-2-yl)benzo-2,1,3-thiadiazole](PFO-DBT)共轭聚合物单分子的光物理与动力学特性.通过分析共轭聚合物单分子的荧光轨迹和对应的发射偶极取向变化识别共轭聚合物单分子发光单元,发现延伸构象下的单分子呈现多发色团发光特性,而折叠构象下的单分子保持高效链间能量转移,呈现单个发色团发光特性.共轭聚合物单分子构象对能量转移效率的影响可用于研究基于共轭聚合物的光电器件和分子器件.     

A comprehensive molecular dynamics study of a single polystyrene chain in a good solvent

In this study, molecular characteristics of polystyrene (PS) was calculated measuring its dilute-solution properties in toluene at 288.15 K via molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The solution models consisted of PS chains with different number of repeating units all of which were in a dilute regime. In order to investigate the compatibility between the polymer and the solvent molecules, interaction energy and Flory-Huggins (FH) interaction parameter were estimated. The simulation results indicate that increasing the chain repeating units enhanced the interaction between the solute and the solvent. Additionally, the chain dimensions were evaluated calculating the radius of gyration (R_g) and end-to-end distance, r0. To determine the dynamic behavior of the chains in the solutions, mean square displacement (MSD) and diffusivity coefficient were calculated. The simulation results indicated that the chain rigidity at low molecular weight and chain flexibility with increasing the molecular weight influenced chains dynamic behavior and diffusivity. Moreover, radial distribution function (RDF) illustrated the effect of steric hindrance of the chains in dilute solution on capturing the solvent molecules. In addition, solution viscosity was calculated by performing non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation (NEMD). The obtained results of chain characteristics and viscosity showed a good agreement with experimental results published previously. This agreement confirms the accuracy of the applied simulation method to characterize the dilute solutions and the chains characteristics.     

Electro-optical properties of dilute solutions of flexible molecules ; the wormlike chain model

A theory of propagation and scattering of light in dilute solutions of flexible chain molecules is developed. The solvent is represented as a continuous isotropic dielectric medium. The polymer molecules are modelled as dielectric objects which may have an anisotropic dielectric tensor. The theory, applied to the wormlike chain model, represents the polymer molecules as flexible cylinders of constant cross section and with an isotropic internal dielectric constant. The increment in the refractive index of the solution and the isotropic and anisotropic light scattering intensities due to the presence of the chain molecules are derived. The numerical results of our model for the depolarization ratio as a function of the contour length and the persistence length of the polymer and of the refractive index of the solvent are presented and compared with the corresponding results for the popular bond additive approximation (BAA). It is found that the differences between our model and this approximation are due to the neglect of intramolecular dipole-induced dipole interactions in the BAA.     

Morphology and Structure of Poly(p-phenylene Benzobisthiazole) Crystals

The rigid polymer poly(p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) (PBZT) was crystallized from dilute solution. Electron microscopy showed that, on quenching, flat fibrils several nanometers thick were produced. Subsequent heat treatment in a solvent changed the morphology from fibrillar into “segmented ribbon” structure. Isothermal crystallization at a temperature of about 30°C below the dissolution temperature, in general, resulted in aggregation of rod crystals. The polymer chains were oriented normal to the rod crystals. The width of the rod crystal increased with average molecular length, but saturated to a value much smaller than the average molecular length. In the shorter molecular length range, the rod crystals clustered in a fanned-out manner, while with a medium molecular length (ca. 70–120 nm), all rods crystals in a cluster aligned parallel to each other and were of the same length. With longer molecular length (more than ca. 180 nm), the rod growth slowed because of small diffusion constants of molecular chains to the growing face. Based on observation of the morphology and the crystallization process, an isothermal crystallization mechanism is proposed. Because of the rigidity and wide length distribution of polymer chains, the chain ends were inevitably included within the crystals, resulting in crystal defects such as axial shifts, lattice curvatures, and edge dislocations, all of which were observed directly by lattice imaging.     

Monte Carlo simulation of polymers in solution and bulk

The behavior of polymers in solution depends on both temperature and concentration. At least four different regions of the concentration-temperature plane exist in which the physical properties are fundamentally different. These regions are known as the dilute good solvent, theta solvent, semidilute, and concentrated regions. In this investigation, Monte Carlo simulations were performed in order to examine how properties change in going from one region to another. Two series of simulations were performed. In the first series, properties were studied as a function of concentration so that crossover from dilute, to semidilute, and then to concentrated was obtained. In the concentrated or bulk region, it was found that the second and fourth moments of the end-to-end distance were characteristic of ideal chains (without excluded volume), consistent with neutron scattering results. In the semidilute region, the concentration dependence of the mean square end-to-end distance was not in agreement with scaling theory. In the second series of simulations, the temperature was changed for an isolated chain (zero concentration limit), so that crossover from good solvent to theta solvent behavior was obtained. Over the chain length range studies (10–300), no evidence was seen for the existence of “thermal blobs.” In addition, expansion of the average internal conformation over the expected result was observed and found to be increasingly important as the temperature increases from the theta temperature.     

Solvent effects on optical excitations of poly <Emphasis Type="Italic">para</Emphasis> phenylene ethynylene studied by QM/MM simulations based on many-body Green's functions theory

Electronic excitations in dilute solutions of poly para phenylene ethynylene (poly-PPE) are studied using a QM/MM approach combining many-body Green's functions theory within the GW approximation and the Bethe-Salpeter equation with polarizable force field models. Oligomers up to a length of 7.5?nm (10 repeat units) functionalized with nonyl side chains are solvated in toluene and water, respectively. After equilibration using atomistic molecular dynamics (MD), the system is partitioned into a quantum region (backbone) embedded into a classical (side chains and solvent) environment. Optical absorption properties are calculated solving the coupled QM/MM system self-consistently and special attention is paid to the effects of solvents. The model allows to differentiate the influence of oligomer conformation induced by the solvation from electronic effects related to local electric fields and polarization. It is found that the electronic environment contributions are negligible compared to the conformational dynamics of the conjugated PPE. An analysis of the electron-hole wave function reveals a sensitivity of energy and localization characteristics of the excited states to bends in the global conformation of the oligomer rather than to the relative of phenyl rings along the backbone.     

Interpretation of Viscosity Behavior of a Polyelectrolyte in a Salt‐Free Polar Solvent by Ion‐Association

Abstract

On the basis of three hypothesis: (1) ion association according to the mass action law, (2) no interchain association due to the same sort of charges on the chains, and (3) chain expansion owing to intrachain Coulombic repulsive force, a theoretical equation was derived to describe the viscosity behavior of a polyelectrolyte in a salt‐free polar solvent. The resulting equation fits well with experimental viscosity behavior of a polyelectrolyte solution in polar solvents. With some approximations, the equation leads to the Fuoss empirical equation. The effects of molecular weight, the average distance of two neighboring ionizable groups along the polymer chain, and the nature of the solvent on the polyelectrolyte conformation are discussed.     

Adsorption of hydrophobic polyelectrolytes onto oppositely charged surfaces

We present a scaling theory for the adsorption of a weakly charged polyelectrolyte chain in a poor solvent onto an oppositely charged surface. Depending on the fraction of charged monomers and on the solvent quality for uncharged monomers, the globule in the bulk of the solution has either a spherical conformation or a necklace structure. At sufficiently high surface charge density, a chain in the globular conformation adsorbs in a flat pancake conformation due to the Coulombic attraction to the oppositely charged surface. Different adsorption regimes are predicted depending on two screening lengths (the Debye screening length monitored by the salt concentration and the Gouy-Chapman length monitored by the surface charge density), on the degree of ionization of the polymer and on the solvent strength. At low bulk ionic strength, an increase in the surface charge density may induce a transition from an adsorbed necklace structure to a uniform pancake due to the enhanced screening of the intra-chain Coulombic repulsion by the counterions localized near the surface. Received 12 April 2001