ArticlePolymers2026
Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Controlled Spreading and Film Formation of Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) at Liquid Interfaces: Influence of PVA Molecular Weight, Degree of Hydrolysis, and Concentration.
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The spreading and film formation of organic polymer solutions on liquid surfaces are key processes in coating, printing, and interfacial processing. However, the mechanisms by which aqueous polymers regulate spreading kinetics and film morphology are not yet fully understood. In this study, the free spreading of Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT)/chlorobenzene solution on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) aqueous surface was employed as a model system to investigate how PVA concentration, molecular weight, degree of hydrolysis, and temperature collectively govern spreading behavior and film formation. Video recording was used to monitor the evolution of the spreading and front-edge morphology, while step-profilometry, UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy were employed to characterize the resulting films in terms of thickness distribution, optical uniformity, and surface roughness. The results reveal that PVA can significantly regulate both the spreading kinetics of P3HT/chlorobenzene droplets and the final film morphology. PVA concentration exhibited a non-monotonic effect on spreading behavior, with intermediate concentrations favoring larger spreading areas and more continuous films. Increasing the PVA molecular weight altered the concentration-dependent spreading window and enhanced asymmetry at the spreading front, whereas reducing the degree of hydrolysis decreased interfacial tension and thereby increased the thermodynamic driving force for spreading, yet the actual spreading rate remained constrained by molecular diffusion, interfacial adsorption, and chain-segment rearrangement. Temperature and a saturated chlorobenzene vapor atmosphere further modulated the interplay among solvent evaporation, interfacial driving force, and viscous dissipation. Under optimized conditions, the resulting P3HT films displayed uniform thickness profiles, consistent optical absorption, and nanoscale surface roughness, and could be repeatedly transferred, assembled into well-defined multilayer structures, and printed onto flexible and curved substrates. These findings demonstrate that PVA aqueous subphase provides a tunable low-shear route for transferable P3HT thin-film fabrication and suggests its potential applicability to other polymer film-forming systems.
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