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Fabrication of polythiophene patterns through blending of a thermally curable polythiophene with poly(methyl methacrylate) and selective thermal curation

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In this study, we demonstrate a novel method for fabricating polythiophene patterns, i.e., cylindrical holes and cylinders, through blending of a thermally curable polythiophene carrying with tertiary ester groups (PT-tert-ESTER) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), followed by thermal conversion of the PT-tert-ESTER to an insoluble polythiophene via low-temperature cleavage of the tertiary ester groups and removal of the PMMA component via ultraviolet degradation. We show that the surface polarity of substrates, the mass ratio of PT-tert-ESTER to PMMA in the blend solutions as well as the concentration of the blend solutions strongly influence the formation of the polythiophene patterns. Cylindrical holes are more readily formed on less polar substrates when a PT-tert-ESTER dominated blend solution is used, while cylinders are more readily formed on more polar substrates when a PMMA dominated blend solution is used. Moreover, the diameters of both the cylindrical holes and the cylinders decrease as the PT-tert-ESTER concentration is increased in the respective ranges of the PT-tert-ESTER/PMMA ratios where the patterns are formed. Grazing incident X-ray diffraction data have indicated that the patterning of the PT-tert-ESTER component in the blend films improves the crystallinity of PT-tert-ESTER as well as the molecular packing of the insoluble polythiophene in the resultant patterned polythiophene films.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Bei**g University of Chemical Technology, Bei**g, 100029, China

    Mushtaque A. Memon & Shou-ke Yan  (闫寿科)

  2. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100190, China

    Mushtaque A. Memon, **-hua Sun & Jian-xin Geng  (耿建新)

  3. National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK-21), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea

    Hee-Tae Jung

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21274158 and 91333114), the National Research Laboratory Program of the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), the World Class University Program (No. R32-2008-000-10142-0), and the Center for Nanoscale Mechatronics & Manufacturing (08K140100414, CNMM).

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Memon, M.A., Sun, Jh., Jung, HT. et al. Fabrication of polythiophene patterns through blending of a thermally curable polythiophene with poly(methyl methacrylate) and selective thermal curation. Chin J Polym Sci 35, 422–433 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-017-1895-8

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