Plastic Electronics Publications

(October 2008-September 2009)

Jean M.J. Fréchet, Program Leader
R.A. Segalman, B. McCuloch, S. Kirmayer, J. J. Urban, “Block Copolymers for Organic Electronics,” Macromolecules; 2009.
Y. Tao, B. McCulloch, S. Kim, and R.A. Segalman “The Relationship Between Morphology and Performance of Donor-Acceptor Rod-Coil Block Copolymer Solar Cells”  Soft Matter; 2009; 5(21); 4057-4340.
C-C Ho, Y-H Lee, C-A Dai, R.A. Segalman, W-F Su. “Poly(diethylhexyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) Rod-Coil Block Copolymers" ; Macromolecules; 2009; 42(12); 4208–4219.
K. Geramita, J. McBee, Y. F. Tao, R. A. Segalman, and T. D. Tilley, "Synthesis and characterization of 2,7-bis(pentafluorophenylethynyl)-hexafluoroheterofluorenes: new materials with high electron affinities," Chemical Communications, pp. 5107-5109, 2008.
Poulsen, D. A.; Kim, B. J.; Ma, B.; Zonte, C. S.; Frechet, J. M. J..   Site Isolation in Phosphorescent Bichromophoric Block Copolymers Designed for White Electroluminescence.    Advanced Materials 2010,  22,  77-82.
Briseno, A. L.; Holcombe, T. W.; Boukai, Akram I.; Garnett, E. C.; Shelton, S. W.; Frechet, J.M.J.; Yang, P..   Oligo- and Polythiophene/ZnO Hybrid Nanowire Solar Cells.    Nano Letters     2010, 10, 334-340.
Zhao, Y.; Thorkelsson, K.; Mastroianni, A. J.; Schilling, T.; Luther, J. M.; Rancatore, B. J.; Matsunaga, K.; Jinnai, H.; Wu, Y.; Poulsen, D.; Frechet, J. M. J.; Alivisatos, A.P.; Xu, T.   Small-molecule-directed nanoparticle assembly towards stimuli-responsive nanocomposites.    Nature Materials  (2009),  8(12),  979-985.
Ma, B.; Miyamoto, Y.; Woo, C. H.; Frechet, J. M. J.; Zhang, F.; Liu, Y.   Solution processable boron subphthalocyanine derivatives as active materials for organic photovoltaics.    Proceedings of SPIE  (2009),  7416(Organic Photovoltaics X),  74161E/1-74161E/6.
Holcombe, T.W.; Woo, C. H.; Kavulak, D. F. J.; Thompson, B. C.; Fréchet, J.M.J..   All-Polymer Photovoltaic Devices of Poly(3-(4-n-octyl)-phenylthiophene) from Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) Polymerization.    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009,  131,  14160-14161.
Hardin, B. E.; Hoke, E.T.; Armstrong, P. B.; Yum, J-H; Comte, P.l; Torres, T.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Nazeeruddin, M-K; Graetzel, M.; McGehee, M. D.   Increased light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells with energy relay dyes.    Nature Photonics  (2009),  3(7),  406-411. Nature Photonics  (2009),  3(11),  667
Das, J.; Fréchet, J.M.J.; Chakraborty, A.K.; Self-assembly of dendronized polymers. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2009, 113, 13768-75
Kim, B.J.; Miyamoto, Y.; Ma, B.; Fréchet, J.M.J.; Photocrosslinkable polythiophenes for efficient, thermally stable, organic photovoltaics. Adv. Funct. Mat. 2009, 19, 2273-2281.
Schwenzer, B.; Neilson, J.R.; Sivula, K.; Woo, C.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Morse, D.E. Nanostructured p-type cobalt layered double hydroxide/n-type polymer bulk heterojunction yields an inexpensive photovoltaic cell. Thin Solid Films, 2009, 517, 5722-5727.
Rajaram, S.; Armstrong, P. B.; Kim, B.J.; Fréchet, J. M. J..   Effect of Addition of a Diblock Copolymer on Blend Morphology and Performance of Poly(3-hexylthiophene):Perylene Diimide Solar Cells.   Chem. Mater. (2009),  21(9),  1775-1777.
Okawa, D.; Pastine, S. J.; Zettl, A.; Fréchet, J. M. J.   Surface Tension Mediated Conversion of Light to Work.    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 5396-98
Mauldin, C.; Puntambekar, K.; Murphy, A.; Liao, F; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Subramanian, V.; DeLongchamp, D.; Fischer, D. A. ; Toney, M.; Solution Processible α-ω-distyryl Oligothiophene Semiconductors with Enhanced Environmental Stability" Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 1927-1938
Ma, B.; Woo, C.; Miyamoto, Y.; Fréchet, J. M. J; Solution Processing of a Small Molecule Subnaphthalocyanine for Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells. Chem Mater. 2009, 21, 1413-1417
Ma, B.; Kim, B.J.; Poulsen, D.A.; Pastine, S.J.; Fréchet, J.M.J. Multifunctional Crosslinkable Iridium Complexes as Hole Transporting/Electron Blocking and Emitting Materials for Solution Processed Multilayer Organic Light Emitting Diodes.  Adv. Funct. Mater.,  2009,  19  1024-1031.
Woo, C. H.; Thompson, B. C.; Kim, B. J.; Toney, M. F.; Fréchet, J. M. J..   The Influence of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Regioregularity on Fullerene-Composite Solar Cell Performance.   J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2008, 130, 16324-16329.
Pastine, S. J.; Okawa, D.; Kessler, B.; Rolandi, M.; Llorente, M.; Zettl, A.; Frechet, J. M. J., A facile and patternable method for the surface modification of carbon nanotube forests using perfluoroarylazides. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, (13), 4238.
Thompson, B. C.; Fréchet, J. M. J., Polymer-fullerene composite solar cells. Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, (1), 58.

(October 2007-September 2008)

J.M.J. Fréchet
Ma, B.; Kim, B. J.; Deng, L.; Poulsen, D. A.; Thompson, M. E.; Frechet, J. M. J., Bipolar copolymers as
host for electroluminescent devices: Effects of molecular structure on film morphology and device
performance. Macromolecules 2007, 40, (23), 8156-8161.
Park, I.; Ko, S. H.; Pan, H.; Grigoropoulos, C. P.; Pisano, A. P.; Frechet, J. M. J.; Lee, E. S.; Jeong, J. H.,
Nanoscale patterning and electronics on flexible substrate by direct nanoimprinting of metallic
nanoparticles. Advanced Materials 2008, 20, (3), 489-+.
Thompson, B. C.; Kim, B. J.; Kavulak, D. F.; Sivula, K.; Mauldin, C.; Frechet, J. M. J., Influence of alkyl
substitution pattern in thiophene copolymers on composite fullerene solar cell performance.
Macromolecules 2007, 40, (21), 7425-7428.

R.A. Segalman
Geramita, K. T., Y.F.; Segalman, R.A.; Tilley, T.D., Synthesis and characterization of 2,7
bis(pentafluorophenylethynyl)hexafluoroheterofluorenes: new materials with high electron
affinities. Chem. Commun. 2008, 5107.
Segalman, R. A., Materials science- Directing Self-Assembly Towards Perfection. Science 2008, 321,
(5891), 919.
Tao, Y. M., B.; Segalman, R.A., Self-assembly of Rod-Coil Block Copolymers and Their Application in
Electroluminescent Devices. Macromolecules 2008, 41, (19), 7152.

R.A. Subramanian
Soltman, D.; Subramanian, V., Inkjet-printed line morphologies and temperature control of the coffee ring
effect. Langmuir 2008, 24, (5), 2224-2231.

(October 2006-September 2007)

N.P. Balsara
J. M. Virgili, Y. F. Tao, J. B. Kortright, N. P. Balsara and R. A. Segalman, "Analysis of Order Formation in Block Copolymer Thin Films Using Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering", Macromolecules 40 (6), 2092-2099 (2007).

J.M.J. Frechet
S. A. Backer, K. Sivula, D. F. Kavulak and J. M. J. Frechet, "High Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics Incorporating a New Family of Soluble Fullerene Derivatives", Chemistry of Materials 19 (12), 2927-2929 (2007).
S. A. Backer, I. Suez, Z. M. Fresco, M. Rolandi and J. M. J. Frechet, "Covalent Formation of Nanoscale Fullerene and Dendrimer Patterns", Langmuir 23 (5), 2297-2299 (2007).
B. Ma, F. Lauterwasser, L. Deng, C. S. Zonte, B. J. Kim and J. M. J. Frechet, "New Thermally Cross-Linkable Polymer and Its Application as a Hole-Transporting Layer for Solution Processed Multilayer Organic Light Emitting Diodes", Chemistry of Materials 19 (19), 4827-4832 (2007).
B. K. Ma, B.J.; Deng, L.; Poulsen, D.A.; Thompson, M.E.Fréchet, J.M.J; , "Bipolar Copolymers as Host for Electroluminescent Devices: Effects of Molecular Structure on Film Morphology and Device Performance", Macromolecules 40 (23), 8156-8161 (2007).
A. R. Murphy and J. M. J. Frechet, "Organic Semiconducting Oligomers for Use in Thin Film Transistors", Chemical Reviews 107 (4), 1066-1096 (2007).
K. Sivula, C. K. Luscombe, B. C. Thompson and J. M. J. Frechet, "Enhancing the Thermal Stability of Polythiophene: Fullerene Solar Cells by Decreasing Effective Polymer Regioregularity", Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (43), 13988-13989 (2006).
N. Watanabe, C. Mauldin and J. M. J. Frechet, "Synthesis of Terminally Dendronized Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)S as a Platform for Functional Conjugated Polymers", Macromolecules 40 (19), 6793-6795 (2007).

R. Segalman
B. D. Olsen, X. F. Li, J. Wang and R. A. Segalman, "Thin Film Structure of Symmetric Rod-Coil Block Copolymers", Macromolecules 40 (9), 3287-3295 (2007).
B. D. Olsen and R. A. Segalman, "Phase Transitions in Asymmetric Rod-Coil Block Copolymers", Macromolecules 39 (20), 7078-7083 (2006).
B. D. Olsen and R. A. Segalman, "Nonlamellar Phases in Asymmetric Rod-Coil Block Copolymers at Increased Segregation Strengths", Macromolecules 40 (19), 6922-6929 (2007).
Y. F. Tao, B. D. Olsen, V. Ganesan and R. A. Segalman, "Domain Size Control in Self-Assembling Rod-Coil Block Copolymer and Homopolymer Blends", Macromolecules 40 (9), 3320-3327 (2007).
Y. F. Tao, H. Zohar, B. D. Olsen and R. A. Segalman, "Hierarchical Nanostructure Control in Rod-Coil Block Copolymers with Magnetic Fields", Nano Letters 7 (9), 2742-2746 (2007).
J. M. Virgili, Y. F. Tao, J. B. Kortright, N. P. Balsara and R. A. Segalman, "Analysis of Order Formation in Block Copolymer Thin Films Using Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering", Macromolecules 40 (6), 2092-2099 (2007).

R. Subramanian
B. Mattis, "Stacked Low-Power Field-Programmable Antifuse Memories for Rfid on Plastic", 2006 International Electron Device Meeting 11.7 (2006).
K. P. Kanan Puntambekar, Vivek Subramanian, Amanda Murphy, Clayton Mauldin, Jean M. J. Frechét, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Daniel Fischer and Michael F. Toney, "Organic Transistors of Molecular Integrated Semiconductor-Insulator Monolayer Films Using a Room Temperature Self-Assembly Process", Materials Research Society Spring 2007 Meeting O11.4 (2007).
B. A. Mattis, P. C. Chang and V. Subramanian, "Performance Recovery and Optimization of Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Transistors by Thermal Cycling", Synthetic Metals 156 (18-20), 1241-1248 (2006).