光学薄膜,光电子薄膜及光学有机薄膜

本文评介了新技术，新材料和新工艺在薄膜技术的应用及其最新发展。     

聚合物透镜的远红外色差和有效透射光谱

在50～500cm~(-1)光谱范围,计算了用高密度和低密度聚乙烯,聚4-甲基戊烯1(TPX),聚丙烯,聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)和聚苯乙烯制作的平面-凸透镜的色差和有效功率透射光谱。计算基于由色散傅里叶交换光谱测量结果推导出的光学参数。     

Isolation and characterization of polymers in heated olestra and an olestra/triglyceride blend

High molecular weight components in thermally oxidized olestra (formerly called sucrose polyesters) and a mixture of olestra and soybean oil were characterized. The high molecular weight components of these oils were separated by preparative size exclusion chromatography and analyzed intact by mass spectrometry, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The materials isolated from the heated olestra were identified as olestra polymers. Materials isolated from the heated mixed oil (olestra and soybean oil) were identified as polymers of olestra and copolymers of olestra and triglycerides. Polymer linkages identified were identical to those resulting from thermal oxidation of natural vegetable oils of similar fatty acid composition.     

Piezoresistivity in Polymer-Ceramic Composites

Composite materials composed of randomly dispersed semiconducting ceramic particles in an insulating polymer matrix show a pronounced change in resistivity with pressure. Different amounts of iron oxide (Fe₃O₄) powder and antimony-doped tin oxide (SnO₂:Sb) powder were dispersed in an epoxy polymer matrix to form pressure-sensitive composites. In each family of materials, an insulator-to-semiconductor transition is observed in agreement with percolation theory. Composites within a certain range of filler content showed substantial piezoresistive effect under both uniaxial and hydrostatic pressure in which sensitivity is controlled by the choice of filler material and the volume fraction. The effect of temperature on the piezoresistance effect was also examined. Piezoresistors made from Fe₃O₄ composites showed larger temperature changes than those filled with Sb-doped SnO₂.     

High‐Conductivity Poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(styrene sulfonate) Film and Its Application in Polymer Optoelectronic Devices

The conductivity of a poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) film can be enhanced by more than two orders of magnitude by adding a compound with two or more polar groups, such as ethylene glycol, meso‐erythritol (1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroxybutane), or 2‐nitroenthanol, to an aqueous solution of PEDOT:PSS. The mechanism for this conductivity enhancement is studied, and a new mechanism proposed. Raman spectroscopy indicates an effect of the liquid additive on the chemical structure of the PEDOT chains, which suggests a conformational change of PEDOT chains in the film. Both coil and linear conformations or an expanded‐coil conformation of the PEDOT chains may be present in the untreated PEDOT:PSS film, and the linear or expanded‐coil conformations may become dominant in the treated PEDOT:PSS film. This conformational change results in the enhancement of charge‐carrier mobility in the film and leads to an enhanced conductivity. The high‐conductivity PEDOT:PSS film is ideal as an electrode for polymer optoelectronic devices. Polymer light‐emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells fabricated using such high‐conductivity PEDOT:PSS films as the anode exhibit a high performance, close to that obtained using indium tin oxide as the anode.     

Recent Progress on the Development of Magnetically-Responsive Micropillars: Actuation,Fabrication, and Applications

Stimuli-responsive micro-pillared structures can perform complex and precise tasks at the microscale through dynamic and reversible deformation of the pillars in response to external triggers. Magnetic field is one of the most common actuation strategies due to its incomparable advantages such as instantaneous response, remote and nondestructive control, and superior biocompatibility. Over the past decade, many researches are attempted to design and optimize magnetically-responsive micropillars for a wide range of applications and great progresses are accomplished. In this review, the most important aspects of recent progress of magnetically-responsive micropillars are covered to give a comprehensive and systematical introduction to this new field, from the actuation mechanisms, fabrication methods, and deformation patterns to the practical applications. The increasingly maturing fabrication techniques can provide low-cost and large-scale magnetic micropillars with homogeneous responses. Some advanced techniques are developed to fabricate micropillars with programmable and reprogrammable responses for site-specific and reconfigurable actuations. On the other hand, practical applications for particle/droplet/light manipulation, flow generation, miniature swimming/climbing/carrying microrobots, tunable adhesion, cellular probe, fog collector, and anti-ice surfaces are also summarized. Finally, current challenges that limit the industrial implementation are discussed and the authors’ perspectives on the future directions of magnetically-responsive micropillars are stated.     

Photo- and electroluminescence of ambipolar,high-mobility,donor-acceptor polymers

Donor-acceptor polymers with narrow bandgaps are promising materials for bulk heterojunction solar cells and high-mobility field-effect transistors. They also emit light in the near-infrared. Here we investigate and compare the photoluminescence and electroluminescence properties of different narrow bandgap (<1.5 eV) donor-acceptor polymers with diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP), isoindigo (IGT) and benzodipyrrolidone (BPT) cores, respectively. All of them show near-infrared photoluminescence quantum yields of 0.03–0.09% that decrease with decreasing bandgap. Bottom-contact/top-gate field-effect transistors show ambipolar charge transport with hole and electron mobilities between 0.02 and 0.7 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ and near-infrared electroluminescence. Their external quantum efficiencies reach up to 0.001%. The effect of polaron quenching and other reasons for the low electroluminescence efficiency of these high mobility polymers are investigated.     

蓝光聚合物共混材料的发光特性

研究了不同组成 PVK和 P6 共混材料薄膜的光吸收特性和光致发光特性 .用不同比例 PVK∶ P6 共混材料为发光层和 Alq3为电子传输层合成双层结构的蓝光器件 ,测量器件的电致发光谱、电流 -电压特性和亮度 -电压特性 .结果表明 ,共混材料的光致发光强度比 PVK和 P6 都有明显的增强 ,且随 PVK浓度的增加而增强 ;器件电致发光强度随 PVK浓度的增加而增强 ;不同 PVK掺杂浓度对电致发光器件的开启特性没有明显影响 ,发光亮度随 PVK掺杂浓度的增加而增大 .     

Side‐Chain Engineering on Dopant‐Free Hole‐Transporting Polymers toward Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells (20.19%)

A variety of dopant‐free hole‐transporting materials (HTMs) is developed to serve as alternatives to the typical dopant‐treated ones; however, their photovoltaic performance still falls far behind. In this work, the side chain of a polymeric HTM is engineered by partially introducing diethylene glycol (DEG) groups in order to simultaneously optimize the properties of both the bulk of the HTM layer and the HTM/perovskite interface. The intermolecular π–π stacking interaction in the HTM layer is unexpectedly weakened after the incorporation of DEG groups, whereas the lamellar packing interaction is strengthened. A doubled hole mobility is obtained when 3% of the DEG groups replace the original alkyl side chains, and a champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 20.19% (certified: 20.10%) is then achieved, which is the first report of values over 20% for dopant‐free organic HTMs. The device maintains 92.25% of its initial PCE after storing at ambient atmosphere for 30 d, which should be due to the enhanced hydrophobicity of the HTM film.     

Linking Glass-Transition Behavior to Photophysical and Charge Transport Properties of High-Mobility Conjugated Polymers

The measurement of the mechanical properties of conjugated polymers can reveal highly relevant information linking optoelectronic properties to underlying microstructures and the knowledge of the glass transition temperature (T_g) is paramount for informing the choice of processing conditions and for interpreting the thermal stability of devices. In this work, we use dynamical mechanical analysis to determine the T_g of a range of state-of-the-art conjugated polymers with different degrees of crystallinity that are widely studied for applications in organic field-effect transistors. We compare our measured values for T_g to the theoretical value predicted by a recent work based on the concept of effective mobility ζ. The comparison shows that for conjugated polymers with a modest length of the monomer units, the T_g values agree well with theoretically predictions. However, for the near-amorphous, indacenodithiophene–benzothiadiazole family of polymers with more extended backbone units, values for T_g appear to be significantly higher, predicted by theory. However, values for T_g are correlated with the sub-bandgap optical absorption suggesting the possible role of the interchain short contacts within materials’ amorphous domains.