Highly Stretchable Conjugated Polymer/Elastomer Blend Films with Sandwich StructureShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Macromolecular rapid communications, ISSN 1022-1336, E-ISSN 1521-3927, Vol. 45, no 1, article id 2300240Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The physical blending of high-mobility conjugated polymers with ductile elastomers provides a simple way to realize high-performance stretchable films. However, how to control the morphology of the conjugated polymer and elastomer blend film and its response to mechanical fracture processes during stretching are not well understood. Herein, a sandwich structure is constructed in the blend film based on a conjugated polymer poly[(5-fluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl)(4,4-dihexadecyl-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b & DPRIME;]dithiophene-2,6-diyl)(6-fluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl)(4,4-dihexadecyl-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b & DPRIME;]dithiophene-2,6-diyl)] (PCDTFBT) and an elastomer polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)-block-polystyrene (SEBS). The sandwich structure is composed of a PCDTFBT:SEBS mixed layer laminated with a PCDTFBT-rich layer at both the top and bottom surfaces. During stretching, the external strain energy can be effectively dissipated by the deformation of the crystalline PCDTFBT domains and amorphous SEBS phases and the recrystallization of the PCDTFBT chains. This endows the blend film with excellent ductility, with a large crack onset strain exceeding 1100%, and minimized the electrical degradation of the blend film at a large strain. This study indicates that the electrical and mechanical performance of conjugated polymer/elastomer blend films can be improved by manipulating their microstructure.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH , 2024. Vol. 45, no 1, article id 2300240
Keywords [en]
fracture mechanism; microstructural evolution; phase separation morphology; stretchable conjugated polymer films
National Category
Polymer Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-196056DOI: 10.1002/marc.202300240ISI: 001011715100001PubMedID: 37289949OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-196056DiVA, id: diva2:1779016
Note
Funding Agencies|National Natural Science Foundation of China [51933010, 51873204]; 111 Project [B21005]; National 1000-talent-plan program [1110010341]; Key Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Province [2021KJXX-13]; Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2023-07-032023-07-032024-09-26Bibliographically approved