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ArticleChemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society2025

Preprocessing Affords 3D Crystalline Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Structure.

Mengting Sun, Zeyuan Sun, Yulong Zheng, Russell Kim, Aaron L Liu, Lee J Richter, James F Gilchrist, Elsa Reichmanis

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Article in Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Mengting SunDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8659-4131
Zeyuan SunDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0045-2392
Yulong ZhengSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-1971
Russell KimDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2829-823X
Aaron L LiuSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7347-5347
Lee J RichterMaterials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9433-3724
James F GilchristDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2066-750X
Elsa ReichmanisDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8205-8016

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Abstract

The aggregation and crystallization of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT), a representative active layer material used for organic field-effect transistor (OFET) applications, are influenced by the solution pretreatment and deposition process. This study explores vibration-assisted convective deposition for the fabrication of OFETs in comparison to spin coating, blade coating, and convective deposition without vibration. The ultraviolet-visible spectroscopic analysis demonstrates that convective deposition, especially assisted with vibration, leads to a greater degree of intrachain interactions, longer conjugation length, and enhanced polymer backbone planarization. When the P3HT solution is preprocessed via sonication and aging, the P3HT films exhibit J-like aggregation, and (h11) peaks can be observed through grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering, suggesting an ordered 3D crystalline structure. OFETs based on such films exhibit high mobilities (up to 0.14 cm

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