Melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophene) and their blends

Jan-Erik Österholm; Jukka Laakso; Per Nyholm; Heikki Isotalo; Henrik Stubb; Olle Inganäs; William Salaneck

doi:10.1016/0379-6779(89)90556-0

Melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophene) and their blends

Jan-Erik Österholm
, Jukka Laakso
, Per Nyholm
, Heikki Isotalo
, Henrik Stubb
, Olle Inganäs
, William Salaneck

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Neste Oyj
University of Linköping
VTT (former employee or external)

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review

138 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We report on the properties of melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophenes), P3AT, and on the fabrication of electrically conducting polymer blends consisting of P3AT, specifically poly(3-octylthiophene), POT, and a thermoplastic matrix polymer made using ordinary melt processing techniques. The POT used in this work was synthesized using two different chemical polymerization techniques.

Films made from as-synthesized POT powder, either by solution casting or melt processing techniques were found to be easily doped by electron acceptors to conductivities of 20–30 S/cm. Blending of POT with thermoplastics such as ethylenevinylacetate copolymer, EVA, in the molten state yields polymer blends with excellent mechanical properties that might be doped to conductivities exceeding 1 S/cm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	435-444
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	28
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0379-6779(89)90556-0
Publication status	Published - 1989
MoE publication type	A2 Review article in a scientific journal
Event	International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals ICSM'88 - Santa Fe, United States Duration: 26 Jun 1988 → 2 Jul 1988

Access to Document

10.1016/0379-6779(89)90556-0

Cite this

@article{986b8253d07d4523b0bff8223743ce76,

title = "Melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophene) and their blends",

abstract = "We report on the properties of melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophenes), P3AT, and on the fabrication of electrically conducting polymer blends consisting of P3AT, specifically poly(3-octylthiophene), POT, and a thermoplastic matrix polymer made using ordinary melt processing techniques. The POT used in this work was synthesized using two different chemical polymerization techniques. Films made from as-synthesized POT powder, either by solution casting or melt processing techniques were found to be easily doped by electron acceptors to conductivities of 20–30 S/cm. Blending of POT with thermoplastics such as ethylenevinylacetate copolymer, EVA, in the molten state yields polymer blends with excellent mechanical properties that might be doped to conductivities exceeding 1 S/cm.",

author = "Jan-Erik {\"O}sterholm and Jukka Laakso and Per Nyholm and Heikki Isotalo and Henrik Stubb and Olle Ingan{\"a}s and William Salaneck",

year = "1989",

doi = "10.1016/0379-6779(89)90556-0",

language = "English",

volume = "28",

pages = "435--444",

journal = "Synthetic Metals",

issn = "0379-6779",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "1-2",

note = "International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals<br/>ICSM'88, ICSM'88 ; Conference date: 26-06-1988 Through 02-07-1988",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophene) and their blends

AU - Österholm, Jan-Erik

AU - Laakso, Jukka

AU - Nyholm, Per

AU - Isotalo, Heikki

AU - Stubb, Henrik

AU - Inganäs, Olle

AU - Salaneck, William

PY - 1989

Y1 - 1989

N2 - We report on the properties of melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophenes), P3AT, and on the fabrication of electrically conducting polymer blends consisting of P3AT, specifically poly(3-octylthiophene), POT, and a thermoplastic matrix polymer made using ordinary melt processing techniques. The POT used in this work was synthesized using two different chemical polymerization techniques. Films made from as-synthesized POT powder, either by solution casting or melt processing techniques were found to be easily doped by electron acceptors to conductivities of 20–30 S/cm. Blending of POT with thermoplastics such as ethylenevinylacetate copolymer, EVA, in the molten state yields polymer blends with excellent mechanical properties that might be doped to conductivities exceeding 1 S/cm.

AB - We report on the properties of melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophenes), P3AT, and on the fabrication of electrically conducting polymer blends consisting of P3AT, specifically poly(3-octylthiophene), POT, and a thermoplastic matrix polymer made using ordinary melt processing techniques. The POT used in this work was synthesized using two different chemical polymerization techniques. Films made from as-synthesized POT powder, either by solution casting or melt processing techniques were found to be easily doped by electron acceptors to conductivities of 20–30 S/cm. Blending of POT with thermoplastics such as ethylenevinylacetate copolymer, EVA, in the molten state yields polymer blends with excellent mechanical properties that might be doped to conductivities exceeding 1 S/cm.

U2 - 10.1016/0379-6779(89)90556-0

DO - 10.1016/0379-6779(89)90556-0

M3 - Review Article

SN - 0379-6779

VL - 28

SP - 435

EP - 444

JO - Synthetic Metals

JF - Synthetic Metals

IS - 1-2

T2 - International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals<br/>ICSM'88

Y2 - 26 June 1988 through 2 July 1988

ER -

Melt and solution processable poly(3-alkylthiophene) and their blends

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this