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ArticleNature communications2025

Molecular-dipole oriented universal growth of conjugated polymers into semiconducting single-crystal thin films.

Chunyan Zhao, Xilin Lai, Dawei Liu, Xinrui Guo, Jiamin Tian, Zuoyuan Dong, Shaochuan Luo, Dongshan Zhou, Lang Jiang, Ru Huang and 1 more

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Chunyan Zhao *Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits, School of Integrated Circuits, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xilin Lai *Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits, School of Integrated Circuits, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Dawei Liu *Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xinrui GuoBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits, School of Integrated Circuits, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jiamin TianShenzhen Pinghu Lab, Shenzhen, China.
Zuoyuan DongBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits, School of Integrated Circuits, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Shaochuan LuoDepartment of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Dongshan ZhouDepartment of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Lang JiangBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. ljiang@iccas.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3624-1618
Ru HuangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits, School of Integrated Circuits, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8146-4821
Ming HeBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits, School of Integrated Circuits, Peking University, Beijing, China. minghe@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5411-7958

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92164205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precise control over crystallinity and morphology of conjugated polymers (CPs) is essential for progressing organic electronics. However, manufacturing single-crystal thin films of CPs presents substantial challenges due to their complex molecular structures, distorted chain conformations, and unbalanced crystallization kinetics. In this work, we demonstrate a universal nanoconfined molecular-dipole orientating strategy to craft high-quality single-crystal thin films for a variety of CPs, spanning from traditional thiophene- and theinothiophene-based homopolymers to diketopyrrolopyrrole- (i.e., p-type) and naphthalene-based (i.e., n-type) donor-acceptor copolymers. Central to this strategy is the synergetic manipulations of molecular dipoles, π-π stackings, and alkyl-alkyl interactions of CPs within our rationally-designed spatial-electrostatic confinement capacitor, which facilitates the rotation of conjugated backbones and the alignment of π-π stackings into microscale-sized single-crystal thin films. A minimal energetic disorder of 25 meV that below the thermal fluctuation energy k

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