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Toughening of a Soft Polar Polythiophene through Copolymerization with Hard Urethane Segments.


ABSTRACT: Polar polythiophenes with oligoethylene glycol side chains are exceedingly soft materials. A low glass transition temperature and low degree of crystallinity prevents their use as a bulk material. The synthesis of a copolymer comprising 1) soft polythiophene blocks with tetraethylene glycol side chains, and 2) hard urethane segments is reported. The molecular design is contrary to that of other semiconductor-insulator copolymers, which typically combine a soft nonconjugated spacer with hard conjugated segments. Copolymerization of polar polythiophenes and urethane segments results in a ductile material that can be used as a free-standing solid. The copolymer displays a storage modulus of 25 MPa at room temperature, elongation at break of 95%, and a reduced degree of swelling due to hydrogen bonding. Both chemical doping and electrochemical oxidation reveal that the introduction of urethane segments does not unduly reduce the hole charge-carrier mobility and ability to take up charge. Further, stable operation is observed when the copolymer is used as the active layer of organic electrochemical transistors.

SUBMITTER: Zokaei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Toughening of a Soft Polar Polythiophene through Copolymerization with Hard Urethane Segments.

Zokaei Sepideh S   Kroon Renee R   Gladisch Johannes J   Paulsen Bryan D BD   Sohn Wonil W   Hofmann Anna I AI   Persson Gustav G   Stamm Arne A   Syrén Per-Olof PO   Olsson Eva E   Rivnay Jonathan J   Stavrinidou Eleni E   Lund Anja A   Müller Christian C  

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20201211 2


Polar polythiophenes with oligoethylene glycol side chains are exceedingly soft materials. A low glass transition temperature and low degree of crystallinity prevents their use as a bulk material. The synthesis of a copolymer comprising 1) soft polythiophene blocks with tetraethylene glycol side chains, and 2) hard urethane segments is reported. The molecular design is contrary to that of other semiconductor-insulator copolymers, which typically combine a soft nonconjugated spacer with hard conj  ...[more]

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