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Title: Nanoscale quantitative chemical mapping of conjugated polymer blends
Author/Creator: McNeill, Christopher R.; Watts, Benjamin; Thomsen, Lars; Belcher, Warwick J.; Greenham, Neil C.; Dastoor, Paul C.
Description: Utilizing scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM), we present a quantitative chemical analysis of the bulk composition of spin-coated blends of poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-N-(4-butylphenyl)diphenylamine) (TFB) and poly(9,9'-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole) (F8BT) used in efficient polymer light emitting diodes. With a lateral resolution of 50 nm, we reveal nanoscale subsurface chemical structure and show that in particular while blend composition remains constant within the TFB-rich domain, in the F8BT-rich phase there is an enrichment of F8BT at the domain interface.
Relation: Nano Letters Vol. 6, Issue 6, p. 1202-1206
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl060583w
Date: 2006
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Keyword(s): conjugated polymer blends; chemical mapping
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26879
Identifier: ISSN:1530-6992

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